Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Hanging QS8s on the wall

When I tried to hang my QS8s on the wall using the supplied "T" brackets I found that I wasn't able to hang the speaker on the bracket unless I first removed the hex bolt used for the FMB.

When I look in the hole it seems to open into the speaker enclosure, implying that there would be an air leak. I couldn't feel any air movement when playing the speaker, but it's not a very big hole so hard to tell.

Did anyone else have to remove the screw or am I just a clumsy speaker-hanger ?

Thanks,
John

i did not have to remove the hex bolt.

bigjohn

in testing the hanging of my qs8 i had trouble with hitting the hex bolt but i just kept trying til i got it. maybe the way you have it screwed in is deforming the bracket itself.
Jake

OK, thanks guys. I'll try again with the bolt in.

I did not remove the bolt either. Maybe it's a bit lose and just needs to be tightend-up?

jr

Wouldn't you know it... I put the bolt back in and hung it on the wall first try. It helps to know what is possible

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The other side -- didn't have any Campbells Soup cans so had to use Habitant instead. Works mighty fine :

great, glad you got them up.

now go shovel your drive!!!

bigjohn

John,
you really should find some organically produced soup products. I've heard it can really improve the natural warm sound of the speakers.

I'm holding out for the whalebone and obsidan stands I heard so much about. Not many whales in this part of town though...

John,

What color are those QS8's?

I am trying to figure out which finish would go best in the new house...

Thanks,

WhatFurrer

Maple with black grills -- the flash really whites 'em out. I'll try to post a picture with normal room lighting.

Now that I have a full set of Maple, I'm really starting to like Mansfield Beech. Just like I recommend Denon then buy HK

I liked the Maple but went with the Mansfield Beech an it is a very good looking Color

Whatfurrer -

I have the maple with white grills. Check them out here. They are shown here on off-white, slightly (very lightly) tan walls.

EDIT: G*damnit, why can't link to pictures in the post? Here are the links to photobucket:

Surround view 1


Surround View 2


Both surrounds in context

pickard- i remember the first time you posted those pics and i thought, "man, that looks totally cool and modern". i would have NEVER thought i would like the white grills on maple, but seeing it on the walls sure changes my mind. those really look fabulous.

i think it also helps that they blend with the modern decor you have going on. i reckon in my rustic ranch/log cabin looking living room, they wouldnt look quite as good. but, in that room, they are splendid!

bigjohn

Thanks. Your kind words really stroke my ego in such a satisfying way. I was definitely going for as discrete a look as possible back there. Since I took those pictures, we've had some more time in the house, and have put up some wall decorations/shelves/pictures etc. in the rear, which helps to minimize their presence further.

But, you're right, the look is definitely not for everyone.

Capn,

Did you order those "custom" to get the white grills? Or did they allow you to purchase them that way through regular channels...I was thinking about going FO for the QS8's but not sure now. I really like the way they look...I am sure my wife would prefer them to be as "invisible" as possible in the new house...

The wall color is something called "Roasted Almond"...basically a variation on cream.

WhatFurrer

Capn_Pickard,

Just wondering how the QS8's sound the way you have them on two adjacent walls (assuming you only have those two). I was under the impression you needed to have them approximately equidistant from the main seating position (on the same wall or on opposite walls). Or does it not matter with the QS8's? Do you have more than two surrounds in your setup that aren't shown in that picture?

Thanks!

ramzing

i am sure the capn can answer this on his own, but i was just gonna say the quad-polar design of ther QS8's make them extremely versatile. even if they are not placed in the "perfect" position, they will still produce sound on a very even and accurate level. they allow for less than ideal positioning.

Capn, please confirm...

bigjohn

steve- be careful when picking out those wall colors.. when we painted our living room, shannon picked out a beautiful color called avalon beige. it was a light creamy brown, with slight hints of light orange and red..... when we got it on the walls and the sunlight hit it, it looked PINK. yes, PINK. i have no idea why that color seems to haunt me.

anyway, all is better now that we have covered it up.. but a costly and timely lesson we learned.

PAINT WITH CAUTION!!!

bigjohn

Ironic that you mentioned roasted almond as your wall color. Yesterday I helped my mother paint the family room wood paneling with olympic paint. The color was "toasted almond".

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The wall color is something called "Roasted Almond"...

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sounds delicious!

John's correct though, the beige, light tan colour, whatever you want to call it, does appear a little pink when the light hits it. I have got the same problem with a number of the rooms in my house. It's asking for a paint job.

To confirm BigJohn's comments, they really sound as good as I could want them to, even though they aren't on the same wall.

I think that the fact that the speakers fire out into the room at an angle helps the one on the back wall. The side wall is heard in similar fashion after it bounces off the back wall, or an approximation thereof.

In short, it's not ideal, ideal...but it does the trick. I bet it would soudn better if they were the same, but only marginally so.

WhatF - yeah, I ordered them FO, but I had to special order the speaker covers in white. I think they were like $27 - not too expensive anyway.


Oh, yes and to expound on the above - I have an addition two rear speakers (small Kenwood boxes) that are mounted above the couch on a few shelves, pointed upwards, so the sound reflects off of the ceiling first. It's definitely overkill in the room and I wish I had about four feet behind the couch to play with, but, as it stands, I have no complaints. It was either that, or put nothing back there. I chose something, and my wife didn't fight too hard. So, there you go.

On an aside, I listened to an really great, older IMAX movie. It had soem really superb surround in it (great localized voice in the rear simulating controller's voices in a space shuttle). The voices appeared in both surrounds, so the DLPIIx matrixed them into the rear surrounds, and deleted them from the surrounds...it was quite a cool effect, especially when the mix included other voices and sounds which eminated only from a single surround, so it wasn't piped into the rears. Just neat....