Mounting the CS2 - Shelf or no shelf?

Sansfear

Due to my TV stand, I have to mount my center channel above my TV. And due to the weight of the CS2, I decided to get a heavy duty mount so I won't have to worry.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00155PSXS

My question is whether or not I need to put the CS2 on a shelf or simply place the speaker on the mounting brackets.

My imagination tells me that I risk the CS2 falling off due to vibration if I don't use a shelf (though I guess I could try and use the strap that comes with the mount). The speaker is only a few inches wider than the mount.

Are my worries misplaced? Or should I pick up a shelf to be safe?

djperez81

A shelf would work nice and be cheaper to put together. Your local ahrdware store should sell everything you need to make a nice shelf setup. I would recommend using some anchors when you screw the shelf on the wall or if you go with your bracket from amazon just use some double sided tape to hold the speaker down. I think both ways will suit you just fine. Good luck.

EndersShadow

What kind of TV do you have? If you have a DLP look to get something like this. It worked perfect for me.

Sansfear

EndersShadow wrote: »

What kind of TV do you have? If you have a DLP look to get something like this. It worked perfect for me.

I do have a DLP and had looked at that shelf, but was worried about using it long term due to the high weight of the speaker and the steep slope on the back of the TV.

It just didn't seem sturdy enough to me. Maybe I should try out a local store that has those available so I can see one in person.

WilliamM2

You can just place it on the brackets. I use an older model of the Peerless, looks the same without the plastic covers. I put rubber feet on the arms of the mount. This keeps it from scratching the speaker, or sliding around at all. I don't use the strap.

EndersShadow

Sansfear wrote: »

I do have a DLP and had looked at that shelf, but was worried about using it long term due to the high weight of the speaker and the steep slope on the back of the TV.

It just didn't seem sturdy enough to me. Maybe I should try out a local store that has those available so I can see one in person.

I have been using mine for about 9 months without any issues. It even stays put when I move the entertainment center.

I would go with it over a shelf as that way your speaker is flush w/ the TV and not behind it.

WilliamM2

EndersShadow wrote: »

I have been using mine for about 9 months without any issues. It even stays put when I move the entertainment center.

I would go with it over a shelf as that way your speaker is flush w/ the TV and not behind it.

The mount he's looking at adjusts out from 14" to 23" from the wall, I have mine adjusted to be flush with the front of my SDA's. How deep is a DLP?

And no offense, but there are quite a few reviews of that Omnimount at Amazon claiming their's collapsed, or the legs broke, and the speaker fell on the floor. The Peerless is rated at 100lbs.

EndersShadow

WilliamM2 wrote: »

The mount he's looking at adjusts out from 14" to 23" from the wall, I have mine adjusted to be flush with the front of my SDA's. How deep is a DLP?

And no offense, but there are quite a few reviews of that Omnimount at Amazon claiming their's collapsed, or the legs broke, and the speaker fell on the floor. The Peerless is rated at 100lbs.

My TV itself is 19 inches deep and the entertainment center is about 6 inches or more out from the wall allow the fan to breathe.

Like I said I havent had any problems w/ my CS2 but like everything there will be folks that it just didnt work well with, or broke.

Sansfear

WilliamM2 wrote: »

You can just place it on the brackets. I use an older model of the Peerless, looks the same without the plastic covers. I put rubber feet on the arms of the mount. This keeps it from scratching the speaker, or sliding around at all. I don't use the strap.

That's exactly what my setup is going to look like.

Did you just pick up rubber feet from a hardware store? It looks like the arms are designed to have something like round rubber feet placed in them. I was expecting for the mount to come with them, honestly.

Sansfear

I was unable to find rubber feet that would fit, but I found something that worked just as well so I thought I would pass it along.

http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/surface-grip-antiskid-pads-use-on-any-surface-p-76947.html

Was <$3 at Home Depot.

These are designed for furniture legs and come with wood screws, but using the pad along with my own screws, I was able to attach it to the mount and even adjust the height of the rear pad so that the speaker points down towards the listening position.

adabro

I had my CS2 on a shelf over the TV for a few years. I put 2 brackets on the top of the shelf at the front, they fit in between the front cover of the CS2. Worked well, the speaker never moved and you couldn't see them.

dorokusai

Throw some Blu-Tack on the bottom and stop worrying about vibration rattling your speaker off the wall. If you have that much stuff going on and speakers fall of your wall, you can't hear anything anymore to begin with....and you should expect collateral damage.

I've had hardcore subwoofers, sometimes 2 at a time and never had a speaker drop of a properly mounted loudspeaker.

WilliamM2

Sansfear wrote: »

I was unable to find rubber feet that would fit, but I found something that worked just as well so I thought I would pass it along.

http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/surface-grip-antiskid-pads-use-on-any-surface-p-76947.html

Was <$3 at Home Depot.

These are designed for furniture legs and come with wood screws, but using the pad along with my own screws, I was able to attach it to the mount and even adjust the height of the rear pad so that the speaker points down towards the listening position.

I just used stick on rubber feet like these:

http://hardware.hardwarestore.com/28-453-pads-and-bumpers/square-polyurethane-bumpers-633225.aspx

For $2 at Walmart you get 24 of them. I didn't put them in the recessed area on the arms, just on the flat surface. The ones I got are black, you can't really see them anyways.

dorokusai

That's a great suggestion William but I don't find them sticky enough, or I had the wrong ones. Just saying. Do you like the Blu?

Sansfear

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I realize I was probably letting my imagination run wild a bit, but I felt better knowing that it isn't going to go anywhere, especially since I'm angling it downward.