wall/speaker mounts

goumpa

I have a CS400i center that I am needing to mount from the wall or ceiling. 8 5/8 x 18 3/4 x 12 1/8 HWD, 30lbs.

Has anyone done this? Know of any mounts? Suggestions?

Chris

djvaldez

i have a cs1 as a center and unfortunately you can't mount it on the wall. looks like the same case in your situation. I just put my center on top of the tv, although it probably sounds much better when in line with my monitor 30s, which are wall mounted. the speaker is pretty deep and has almost fallen off my tv twice. i really hope that polk makes all their centers, or at least the ones that are supposed to match the bookshelves, wall mountable.

goumpa

djvaldez

What TV are you setting it on? I'm getting a 50" LCD so the surface space on the top of the set is very small.

djvaldez

I'm setting it on a 27" Sony Wega. The TV is about 5 and a half inches deep and the speaker is about 9 and 3/4 deep. I put it on the TV so that there is just over 2 inches sticking out on the front and the back. If anyone knows a mount that I can use for my CS1 without drilling holes in the speaker let me know. I hope Polk reads this and makes their center speakers wall mountable in the future. While the RM series centers are wall mountable, they don't fit my needs. The center for the LSi series is also wall mountable but the Monitors and Rtis aren't. Please Polk add a keyhole slot to your centers!!!!!!!!! I'm sure it could influence customers for only what, an additional 50 cents a speaker (maybe less)????????

dave shepard

I went to a local craft store and found a wooden shelf (unfinished) and used it. When I got the shelf I realized that the back was bigger then the shelf platform so I reversed the way it was suposed to be hung and reinforsed it with screws insted of using the staples it was put together with. I painted it black and screwed it to the wall. I had my Csi40 on the top of my Phillips 54" and the top started to bow because of the weight. I bought the shelf for $10.00.


Dave

dave shepard

Originally posted by djvaldez
Please Polk add a keyhole slot to your centers!!!!!!!!! I'm sure it could influence customers for only what, an additional 50 cents a speaker (maybe less)????????

The Csi40 and the new Csi5 are easier and better if they are mounted on a shelf or under the TV (IMO) because you can't angle a wall mount bracketed speaker very easly and the others don't appear to be as big or heavy.

goumpa

Originally, I was trying to avoid shelving. It appears that's the only option I have. Thanks guys.

shaddai

Guys, I also own a CS1 and it's rear-ported so it can not and SHOULD NOT be mounted on a wall. Look for speakers that are front-ported if you decide wall-mounting...

nebborjk

Guys, I also own a CS1 and it's rear-ported so it can not and SHOULD NOT be mounted on a wall. Look for speakers that are front-ported if you decide wall-mounting...

That's not entirely true. Several Polk speakers have power ports on the back and can be wall mounted. The FXi3 comes to mind first.

shaddai

nebborjk,

The FXi3 is a bi-directional surround speaker and the picture on the following link clearly shows the ARC port beneath the left tweeter: http://www.polkaudio.com/home/specs.php?category=6&speaker=355

If you are refering to that as the "rear", then we are not talking about the side that should be flush against the wall (ie. the side where keyholes would be). Just based on physics alone, would you want your vent pointed against the wall with nowhere to go? I think mounting center channels with a rear port against a wall would be almost as bad as stuffing the port with paper. Am I alone in thinking this?

nebborjk

The FXi3 does have a power port on the backside on the enclosure; Polk doesn't indicate it though in the specs you referred to. Look at the specs for the LSi/FX, it has the rear power ports specified, and clearly this speaker gets mounted to the wall.

I believe this is the main advantage to the power port that Polk uses, it allows the rear of the speaker to be placed closer to a wall versus a traditional port that requires 1~2 port diameters away from a wall.

Airplay355

do not hang your center speakers from their power port. polk specifically says not to do this. and not every center has a power port. my cs245i is rear ported without a power port, however my csi40 has 2 power ports in back and a regular port in the front. if your speaker has the cone shape in the port and the plastic piece that says power port on it they you can stick it right up aginst a wall. if not, then you are right, its equivalent to stuffing your port.

fxi3's and fxi30's have 2 ports, one under the inside tweeter and one in the back with a power port.

nebborjk

Edit:

The FXi3 does not have a power port on the back side of the enclosure.

shaddai

I think we can all agree that if the speaker doesn't have any keyholes in the back, they were most likely not meant for wall mounting. Also, I think any sort of protrusions into the speaker to force either a ceiling or wall-mount would somehow affect the integrity of the sound reproduced. Deep shelving may be the only option for those of us with large center channels and flat panel TV's. Of course you could always turn the center upside-down and put it on the floor but effectiveness will vary by room layout (coffee tables, etc.) My CS1 sits on top of a 32" Sony direct-view TV and even then it still seems like a monster of a speaker.