I just bought a couple of these to complete my 8040 surround sound (5.2) setup. Question is - should I mount them on the rear or the side wall?
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Generally, bipoles should be mounted on the rear wall and dipoles should be mounted on the sides. For Dolby Atmos, direct radiating speakers are recommended.
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It depends on where it works for you. Experiment as to where it sounds best in your listening room and looks good enough that wife/friends/family are without negative comment.
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Do a Google 'image' search of dolby 5.1. This will help you. Should be on the side. Can do the same search for 7.1, 9.1.
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Ultimately they should be mounted slightly behind the listening position At ear level (for a 5.2 system) which would require speaker stands.However if for some reason this is not practical I would suggest using the side wall
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I have them mounted on the side wall, since there isn't a rear wall within a reasonable distance of the listening position. They seem to work fine in this position, and we are hearing rear/side material from them. Good luck.
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If you are talking about using them as a second main output, you will probably be okay so long as you aren't driving them at full volume. If you mean "rear" as in surround sound, then you have no worries. Surround output on the rear channel will never drive them extremely hard.
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These speakers are rear ported so wall mounting is not a good idea unless you use stand-off mounts. They should be at least several inches off the wall for best sound. For wall mounting, best to use sealed cabinet or front ported speakers.
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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.
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I didn't do this so this is just an opinion. I don't know why you couldn't. You may have to drill a hole for mounting. First I would place it where you want it and see how it sounds.The only problem I can possibly foresee is this unit has fair bass. Hopefully it wouldn't vibrate on the wall.
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If the speakers are facing fully forward, you will get some upward tilt, limited by the rear mounting bracket, your wall and the height of your speakers. Tilting them inward will give you less upward tilt. Another possibility would be to go with a wall shelf or stand at ear height if you are mounting them that low (and may look less awkward also).
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The Polk R150 has no wall mounting hardware on the back. These people saying there is a metal bracket on the back must be confusing this with some other model. I took a metal mounting bracket off an old pair of Sony speakers and just screwed it to the back of the R150 cabinet. I'm using these as rear height speakers, so the screw in the wall sticks out about an inch and a half, so these don't sit flush against the wall. They are angled down a bit and the port has some room to push air out.
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to get the surround effect the sound for the side and rear are bounced off the walls of your viewing area.so if you mount the speaker below your tv will the sound waves have a clear view of the walls or will there be furniture and other soft stuff in the way? I mounted my speakers be the tv. A subwoofer really adds so much to the sound that it is well worth it. Atlantic technology sells a wireless unit for the subwoofer that I just installed this week, lot easier to place a powered subwoofer.
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You can, but if I were you, I'd go ahead and mount them anyway. There may not be a lot of 7.1 out there yet, but it will come. Not long ago, there wasn't a lot of HD content out there, either. Now look at it all. While you are going through the trouble of mounting speakers and routing cable, may as well do them all, even if one pair won't get fully utilized just yet. FWIW, a true 7.1 setup in my room is also not possible... I have the couch pressed against the wall, preventing me from getting the rears truly behind the watching position. Instead, I have the rears as far back as I possibly can (slightly behind seating position) and the other surround pair slightly in front of those, but further away from the seating position. Something like this: [sub] [lt-front] [cnter] [rt-front] [left][couch] [right] [lt-rear] [rt-rear] ---wall-------------------------wall----- So, not ideal, but it gets the job done, and when 7.1 content becomes widely available, I won't have to go through the trouble of running more cable. Hope that helps. I'll watch this thread if you have any more questions.
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I use them as part of a 7.1 system as rear surrounds. it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If these would be the only speakers then front of the room
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i find these speakers quite good for their size.to mount them you need to purchase separate mounting brackets or use the keyhole screw mount for a fairly flush wall mount. they make excellent back channel surround speakers. i am very pleased w/ them.
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No provision is made for wall mounting. The speaker has a rear port, which you wouldn't want to block plus the cable connectors. However, I mounted mine with "VideoSecu One Pair of Side Clamping Speaker Mounting Bracket with Tilt and Swivel for Large Surrounding Sound Speakers MS56B 3LH." About $35.00 on Amazon.com. A low cost compared to the price of these excellent speakers. I'd recommend getting the matching JBL center speaker. The sounds, when combined with a 15" subwoofer are super. With these heavy speakers, I used wood screws to mount them to the bracket, since I didn't feel secure with just the clamping action. There are holes beneath and sides of the brackets ready for screws. Make sure you use heavy lag bolt to mount the brackets to a stud, not just the dry wall.
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They would work for rear surround speakers, but there are constraints. The speaker is deeper than it is wide and there is a port on the back of the unit so you can't flush mount it to the wall. They would have to be on a stand or shelf. They make a L820 model if you need to mount them on the wall. These speakers sound great.
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When I did my research the sound bar bracket should be installed first. I mounted my sound bar directly to the wall because there is not enough space above or below tv
529227
to get the surround effect the sound for the side and rear are bounced off the walls of your viewing area. so if you mount the speaker below your tv will the sound waves have a clear view of the walls or will there be furniture and other soft stuff in the way? I mounted my speakers be the tv. A subwoofer really adds so much to the sound that it is well worth it. Atlantic technology sells a wireless unit for the subwoofer that I just installed this week, lot easier to place a powered subwoofer.
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If you are using these speakers for rear surround sound, with the lower/bass frequencies sent to your subwoofer, you should not have a problem. If you are using them for stereo playback for full frequency music...just remember...what you hear on the room side of the speaker (woofer) is what you are going to hear on the backside. Depending on how loud you play them, it may pose a problem. Also, putting a layer of insulation on top of them in the ceiling, will NOT help much or if any.
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If you have a good Quality surround receiver(Yamaha, Marantz, Onkyo ETC.), go ahead and use them with the receiver. It is designed to have a nice set of fronts. JIm