the speaker placement within the cabinet looks odd in that the bass is in a different position than the mids/tweets. What is the best way to mount?
843689
in my opinion it is best to mount this speaker with the bass reflector facing a structure ,being the bass port is up against the house
843690
The woofer should face a solid surface or the ground. I mounted mine horizontally about 8 feet off the ground. The mid and tweeter face directly toward the sitting area.
843691
I mounted mine vertically with the tweeters to the inside /bass to the oustide. The tweeters are tilted to face out towards my backyard and the bass tilted toward the house to reflect off the wall of the house, they sound fantastic
768907
well saw a picture of the energy take speakers, mine i think are smaller (sony muteki 7.2) , but have a similar mount. i did get to mount them, but you'll have to do some tweaking, i used a screw, washers and a nut to tighten the speaker in place, but do take into account the max weight that the mount supports. Besides that a great speaker mount.
131349
pending on the size of the speakers you have installed in the brackets, there is rubber fitted into the bracket and two screws to tighten the bracket (besides the ones that they intend for you to screw into the speaker). Lighter speakers should be no problem with out the screws into the speaker. I you wanted to, you could drill two holes into the side bracket riser and run a wire or string through them around the front of the speaker to hold it in place. I was limited on the angle I could go down at the speakers I had were deep, Polk monitor 40's. Hope this helps
1325051
The speakers I own have a standard recessed 'well' in the bottom which mounts the cabinet securely.
92151
The stands allow for four screws to be secured on the bottom in the corners. Not sure how that lines up to your speaker dimensions. There's also the option Joe listed already as well
1196375
back speakers are wall mount or on stands, the center needs a shelf to sit on
1336264
Mine was placed horizontally as well because it is supposed to be a center speaker. To place on the wall may wish to consider setting up a wall shelf for it.
1593207
I was also frustrated that mounting the speakers were not straight forward. I solved the problem by ordering the following mounts from Amazon: VideoSecu 2 Black Universal Satellite Speaker Mounts / Brackets for Walls and Ceilings 1EH.VideoSecu 2 Black Universal Satellite Speaker Mounts / Brackets for Walls and Ceilings 1EH (Black, 2 Pack)Good luck
984772
I didn't, but my speakers are not so large as to seem unstable on the stands. Also, drilling into the speaker cabinets may effect their integrity, and sound quality. If I was worried about them tipping off the stands, I would get larger stands that offer a wider stance thus greater stability.
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I used wall mount for front high speakers, and other four (2 front, 2 surround) speakers are on wooden speaker stand I bought thru J&R; and they stand up strong and tall. It's setup pretty well in room.
131353
There are screws to put into the speaker but also the speaker should have a screw mount on the bottom the standard 1/4 inch 20 thread I believe
925656
Normally, all you do with the tall speaker stand bases is run the wires through them up to the speakers, and mount the speakers on top. I see no reason you couldn't mount the speakers somewhere else, but you still have to run the wires to them and you have to mount them somehow. I think there are holes on the speakers that can be used to with mounting screws.
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The subwoofer goes on the floor, preferably on an isolator. The tweeter and midrange are on a stand/stalk about 6" high. These are near field speakers, totally exceptional ones, but only for near field. High frequencies are quite directional. One beauty of the Focal design is that they sit on the desktop and the tweeters are aimed at one's ears. If they are well below your ears, they cannot help but be aimed behind you, so you will miss the high frequencies. Missing the high frequencies means you could probably get by with much cheaper speakers of lower quality. As alternative, you could sit them on a sconce like horizontal shelf mounted on the wall.
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Speaker depth was an issue, these have a huge magnet... Also you may have to drill custom holes for the tweeters.
1302105
The speakers have a threaded 1/4-20 brass insert on the bottom of the cabinet that allow you to mount them to free-standing floor stands. According to the manual these inserts are not designed to support the full weight of the speakers and should not be used with single-point wall or ceiling mounts.
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None what so ever, I have mine in the basement under the kitchen in a joist cavity and no issues. You can always place a layer of bat insulation in the cavity to prevent further. There is not much bass generation mostly directional surround of mid's and tweets.
1197307
You Can mount the speaker horizontal for Center channel that's what I did just fine however you probably have to look inside the wall and your framing and probably reconfigure wall studs