90 degree Mounts for Monitor30's?

bamafamily
bamafamily Posts: 7
edited November 2011 in Speakers
Hey All,

Ordered, received and setup my new Monitor70 II's and CS2 from the Newegg deal.
I have yet to order the Monitor30's to complete the surround portion of my setup..(Monitor40's were too big)

Due to WAF and room/seating arrangement, I need to find some mounts that will mount with about a 75? turn and a 20?-30? tilt downwards.
Any such beasts out there????

Also, from some perusing on these forums, it seems my Onkyo SR507 may be a little lacking in driving the Monitor70's..(75wpc). Only preamps are for the surrounds and Sub. I am a little limited in the height of a new AVR due to my TV stand.. Any comments to a good BFTB AVR would be appreciated as well..

thanks
Bama
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2011
    BTech BT-77.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • bamafamily
    bamafamily Posts: 7
    edited November 2011
    thanks....I guess I should have clarified a bit.....
    I currently have something akin to the BT77's, but due to crown moulding interference, it does not extend from the wall far enough to make the angle.... If the part that connected to the speaker was at the bottom of the BT77 instead of the middle, I could probably clear the moulding....(see below) But you did give me an idea....I could extend the current bracket out 2" and probably garner my angle.....(still be neater with a different mount..)

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2011
    I used mine clamped near the end of the loudspeaker, more clamp towards the rear of the speaker, uncentered and never had an issue. It's a strong mount and you don't have to have it exactly square on the speaker to use it. As a safety measure, I used fishing line to tie the binding posts to the arm section of the mount in case they did for some reason get loose and the speaker fell. The line is clear and you don't even notice it, plus it gives you a bit of peace of mind. I checked the bolts on mine once a year buy they didn't move a MM in over 4 years. YMMV.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • bamafamily
    bamafamily Posts: 7
    edited November 2011
    Thanks for the info.. After looking at mine, I have the speaker offset (L to R) as far to the outside as it will go and sitting forward on
    the stand about 1" from center.....Looks like I could move it about another 1.5" and still use 100% of the clamp..
    As the Monitor30 is about 3/4" taller than my old beat up Paradigm, I will have to wait until it arrives for final measurements..
    thanks for the help...
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  • bamafamily
    bamafamily Posts: 7
    edited November 2011
    Any difference between the AM40's and BT77??
    Or just same product/different name??
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2011
    No idea.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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