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Your mounts make the 10" X 2 1/2" X 1/2" pcs (just enough to mount the clips to) of unfinished oak I used, look like dog *&%# !!! I always knew there was a reason they offered wood shop in high school. Which reminds me, the QS8's should come with a disclaimer about the wall mounting specifications needed for the two clips provided with each speaker. BTW...I used AR banana plugs for my Axioms.

What kind of disclaimer do they need?

Michael

Ok, so disclaimer is a poor choice of words. How about better mounting ideas. I'll readily admit that I'm not the most mechanically inclined person around. I didn't realize right away, once the banana plugs were plugged in, I wouldn't be able to mount the speaker flush against the wall. It took me a bit of time to figure out what to do, because of my limited tool resources. I'm guessing that people like myself are the reason Axiom is developing an idiot proof mount for the QS8. I'm looking forward to seeing them and would be a great tester for the initial run. (hint..hint)

Good morning to Everyone,

Thank-you for all your kind compliments!

Steven for all the speakers other then the left side QS8, I used a high quality gold banana plug that I buy from one of our electronics suppliers RP Electronics (they are on the west coast in the Vancouver area). For the left QS8 I used a ring terminal to allow the speaker to be mounted flush on the wall. For the speaker wire coming in it is terminated into a recessed clock receptacle. If you have never seen these they are a recessed electrical receptacle used to allow to you mount an electric clock flush on the wall. The outlet sits in this recess so that the plug goes below the level of the wall. I just simply used the recessed shell without the socket and made a modified plate for the speaker termination in the receptacle. It worked very well, the speaker sits flat and, I could use the clips supplied by axiom to hang the speaker on the wall.

Now that's funny JBZ.
It hadn't occurred to me either about the flush mounting with banana plugs but i wasn't wall mounting my QS8s. I just had them sitting on a shelf for now and thought to myself, 'gee, that plug sticks out a fair bit, i wonder what their instructions for wall mounting this would be'.

And the answer is...don't ask me...ask the guy with the awesome mounts!!!