‘Flown’ speakers? (Hang from ceiling)
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I looked at hanging a set of speakers from the ceiling in the garage conversion.
To get decent isolation I was thinking of using bungee cords. Big hooks into the joints and the same into the sides of the speakers and one in the rear to get a slight angle.
I decided not to go down this route as the speakers I felt were too heavy 12kg each and i didn't fancy coming home one day to find one had landed on whatever is below it.
To get decent isolation I was thinking of using bungee cords. Big hooks into the joints and the same into the sides of the speakers and one in the rear to get a slight angle.
I decided not to go down this route as the speakers I felt were too heavy 12kg each and i didn't fancy coming home one day to find one had landed on whatever is below it.
nuyorican said:
You mean the speakers you use? Ahh right. Yeah, there’s nothing on the back of these. I’m now wondering whether I could just hang them with some kind of ratchet strap or bungee cord type arrangement.
If it were me, I would get a few Tnuts. These have to go on the inside; you don't want them coming off.https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-4-pronged-tee-n...
Then get some eyebolts.
https://www.essentialsupplies.co.uk/rigging/fasten...
You would then need some gripples, wire, etc.
https://www.essentialsupplies.co.uk/rigging/wires-...
https://www.essentialsupplies.co.uk/rigging/wires-...
If the whole lot comes down on your head, don't blame me
There's items like this on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nbguigdstr-Speaker-Suppor...
They are just screwed into the speaker, but try & avoid drilling through the crossover. K&M make a sturdy item but at £71 each plus an adapter bracket they might not be the first choice:
https://www.k-m.de/brand/en/new-wall-and-ceiling-m...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Konig-Meyer-Ceiling-brack...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nbguigdstr-Speaker-Suppor...
They are just screwed into the speaker, but try & avoid drilling through the crossover. K&M make a sturdy item but at £71 each plus an adapter bracket they might not be the first choice:
https://www.k-m.de/brand/en/new-wall-and-ceiling-m...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Konig-Meyer-Ceiling-brack...
996owner said:
I looked at hanging a set of speakers from the ceiling in the garage conversion.
To get decent isolation I was thinking of using bungee cords. Big hooks into the joints and the same into the sides of the speakers and one in the rear to get a slight angle.
I decided not to go down this route as the speakers I felt were too heavy 12kg each and i didn't fancy coming home one day to find one had landed on whatever is below it.
Seems to me, if you want the speaker to move the air instead of moving the speaker, it helps if the speaker has mass?To get decent isolation I was thinking of using bungee cords. Big hooks into the joints and the same into the sides of the speakers and one in the rear to get a slight angle.
I decided not to go down this route as the speakers I felt were too heavy 12kg each and i didn't fancy coming home one day to find one had landed on whatever is below it.
Maybe it's a matter of either rigid mounting is good, or you can imagine a sealed box speaker will still work freely suspended? However it might pump air equally backward and forwards?
One can imagine it will at least change the directivity and radiation pattern if that's the right term?
Imagine maybe a pair of face to face 'clamshell' bass drivers? Or maybe several drivers arranged to give omni-directional radiation?
(is it obvious I've worked with antennas yet? :-) )
I have some moderately hefty speakers on wall brackets FWIW.
Food for thot.
nuyorican said:
eliot said:
will the bass be warmer and the highs be brighter with better separation?
I’ve no idea. Though I’ve tried to understand acoustics, I’ve never really fully grasped it. All I know is that if I stand as far back as I can from them where they are now, before I back into the wall, then sit down, the bass suddenly sounds awesome. Which is why I want to move them so they’re further away and higher. Then I can keep my listening position. I have some other little speakers which are fine up close to me, but those big un’s need to be moved.
I’m in a weird long, small room though.
Could you perch them temporarily on something tall, like a pair of stepladders?
OutInTheShed said:
996owner said:
I looked at hanging a set of speakers from the ceiling in the garage conversion.
To get decent isolation I was thinking of using bungee cords. Big hooks into the joints and the same into the sides of the speakers and one in the rear to get a slight angle.
I decided not to go down this route as the speakers I felt were too heavy 12kg each and i didn't fancy coming home one day to find one had landed on whatever is below it.
Seems to me, if you want the speaker to move the air instead of moving the speaker, it helps if the speaker has mass?To get decent isolation I was thinking of using bungee cords. Big hooks into the joints and the same into the sides of the speakers and one in the rear to get a slight angle.
I decided not to go down this route as the speakers I felt were too heavy 12kg each and i didn't fancy coming home one day to find one had landed on whatever is below it.
Maybe it's a matter of either rigid mounting is good, or you can imagine a sealed box speaker will still work freely suspended? However it might pump air equally backward and forwards?
One can imagine it will at least change the directivity and radiation pattern if that's the right term?
Imagine maybe a pair of face to face 'clamshell' bass drivers? Or maybe several drivers arranged to give omni-directional radiation?
(is it obvious I've worked with antennas yet? :-) )
I have some moderately hefty speakers on wall brackets FWIW.
Food for thot.
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