LSi9's on the wall

Ceruleance

Hey guys,
interested to know if anyone has successfully mounted their LSi9's on the wall somehow. Due to their heft and their relatively deep construction it likely calls for some sort of bracket. I would be interested to know everyone's experience, especially considering the LSiC hangs on the wall so easily. 4-6 decent speaker stands arent cheap and in my opinion most stands are ugly.

steveinaz

Don't see why you couldn't if you run a "nailer" between studs such as 5/8" plywood painted to match your wall, then bracket the 9's to that.

McLoki

I bet These would work. They are what I am currently using for my LSi7's. You can see what they look like on the wall in my showcase. They clamp onto the sides of your speaker and can hold up to about 45 pounds.

Michael

aaharvel

McLoki wrote:

I bet These would work. They are what I am currently using for my LSi7's. You can see what they look like on the wall in my showcase. They clamp onto the sides of your speaker and can hold up to about 45 pounds.

Michael

lsi7. i'm so freaking envious. I'd upgrade to them as my 5300 could drive them easily at 125x2 but i'm just scared that the timbre with the rest of my speakers would be in a word: disasterous.

(my rti4's are great. but sometimes for straight 2channel i want a little more. Sometimes.)

sorry- didn't mean to hijack.

Airplay355

i'll trade you some i7's and some cash for a pair of 9's i7's are much easier to hang, they even have a hole in the power port like fx speakers for hanging

trees

I'm sure you can figure out a way to get the 9s to hang on the wall. I just can't figure out why you would want to, because it will totally screw up the accoustics. The 9s sound best with at least two feet of space behind them, but you won't do to much damage with 18" or so.

If you mount them on the wall, you might as well save the cash and buy some R15s or R20s on the Bay.

Trees

dorokusai

I used B-Tech, BT-77, wall brackets for my current rig, and when I had some LSi9's in house, no problem. I added alot of Dynamat to mine as wall resonance became a problem....problem solved.

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PolknPepsi

www.racksandstands.com or www.standsandmounts.com may have something that could work if you are still looking.

Ceruleance

Hey Guys,
Thanks for the insight, sorry I didn't reply earlier, for some reason the forum didn't email me until this morning even though i subscribed to immediate notification. Has anyone else had a problem with that in the past?

It looks like the BT77 might be the way to go, thanks for the heads up Mcloki and Doro. Doro, I might email you regarding how you managed to uncouple the speaker from the wall as I could imagine that might pose a problem.

Trees, what are you using to support your 9's? I will agree with you in that if not properly placed they don't sound their best. Right now I have a pair on my desk in the middle of a large room and they sound much better than when they were on stands 1 foot off the wall at the front of the room, so your observation may indeed hold true. I'm not yet moved into the house that this theater setup will be in so I can't test it out, I will likely do some listening tests at different distances away from the wall before I buy anything, stands or brackets.

Thanks again for the posts

McLoki

Ceruleance wrote:

Doro, I might email you regarding how you managed to uncouple the speaker from the wall as I could imagine that might pose a problem.

Actually if Doro doesn't mind can he post what he did here. I may benefit from this as well. I like the way mine sounds now, but I am always ready for an improvment on things....

Michael

jmierzur

I have similar wall brackets that McLoki uses for the rear LSi7’s in my HT room. There are pictures of these from a distance in the Showcase. I believe he is correct that these should be able to mount LSi9’s on the wall as long as the bracket is mounted to a wall stud. If the speakers are the older design with the larger beveled corners, these brackets may not work!

McLoki,

When mounting the brackets, I attached the included rubber protector on the bottom of the rails as directed. This left the metal side of the rail exposed to the speaker cabinet. Hmmmmm, what to do…

I had purchased a 12” x 12” sheet of 3/16” Sorbothane a few years ago for isolation purposes. I cut a strip of the Sorbothane the same length as the side rails where the bracket contacts the speaker. The speaker was placed on the bracket rails with Sorbothane was placed between the cabinet side and rail. Then I clamped the bottom rails together to place some pressure on the Sorbothane. Sorbothane is designed to function with 20% deflection.

Not only has this locked the speaker in place without having to “attach” the speaker to the wall bracket, it also isolates the speaker from the bracket/wall. I could also have placed Sorbothane where the bracket is mounted on the wall.

trees

C,

I have my system in a combo office/home theatre, so I put my 9s on those short file cases with wheels. Basically, stout 24x24x32 high stands that match my office furniture, and hold files as well. This puts the tweeters at ear level and allows optimal speaker placement.

I found that I could handle the bass problems by using sound deadening panels and bass traps, but by placing the speakers closer to the walls, the higher frequencies started reflecting in ways that really screwed up anything above about 300 Hz.

Of course, you might not want to listen to me. Folks just shake their heads when they walk into the room and see accoustic panels at points of first reflection, the screen and coffee tables covered with sound deadening material. . .

Trees

McLoki

I put the rubber pads on the sides of mine (where they clamp the speakers) and used the non-skid stuff they sell to put under rugs and in shelves under the speaker. (I did not buy it here, but this is what it looks like) This seems to hold the speaker very well.

Since the speaker is angled down I put a zip tie around the bottom stand-off on my LSI7 and around the bar coming out from the wall. This keeps anything from tipping forward and since it is black, it hides very well. (just a thought)

Michael