Hanging speakers?

[Andrew Pratt]

I know thomas has done this for his rears but I was wondering about my soon to be built HT room and my maggies. What I was thinking is why not hang all the speakers upsidedown from the ceiling so they would be isolated from the walls and secondly I wouldn't have to have cables running across the floor (they'll be hidden in the false ceiling....thoughts?




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[David Meek]

Andrew, I used that approach for my rear center channel speakers in our HT room in our old house. This photo (http://web.wt.net/~dmeek/surrounds.jpg) shows the arrangement. Admittedly the VRS Pros aren't the same size as the Maggies, but the arrangement worked well for me.

- David -

[ThomasW]

Andrew

Some people feel that hanging Maggies messes up the sound. Not as much bass reinforcement off the drywall ceiling as there is from a more solid floor. However I haven't found any problems with my upside down MMGs used as rears.

Currently they're literally just hung like a picture frame. Single wire in a "V" attached to one of the metal feet mounting screws on each side. The finished product will be a short piece of small chain attached to hooks in a ceiling joist and again into the mounting screws on the back of the MMG's.

Since the load is static vs dynamic, there isn't a great need for a lot of holding power. So lighter hardware is sufficient depending on the weight of the speaker




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[Andrew Pratt]

Thanks thomas I might just have to give it a try and see how it goes...it would certianly clean up the install




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