Help Mounting Monitor 30's (straight or at an angle?)

jleonard711

I just got my new speaker setup (M70's in front, CS2 center, and 4xM30's for surrounds), but I'm having trouble figuring out how to propely mount my M30's on the wall. My problem is that I need to mount them up fairly high on the wall otherwise you will hit your head on them as you walk between the wall and the couch (my room is fairly narrow). If I put them up say 7' off the ground, which would allow anyone but an NBA player to avoid hitting their head on them, would that still give me a decent field of sound if I mount them facing straight out from the wall? Or should I mount them at a slight angle so they are aimed down towards the listening area? They come with a really nice mounting system bolted onto the back of them, but if I need to mount them at an angle should I just buy an aftermarket mount so I can aim them exactly where I want?

Erik Tracy

jleonard711 wrote: »

I just got my new speaker setup (M70's in front, CS2 center, and 4xM30's for surrounds), but I'm having trouble figuring out how to propely mount my M30's on the wall. My problem is that I need to mount them up fairly high on the wall otherwise you will hit your head on them as you walk between the wall and the couch (my room is fairly narrow). If I put them up say 7' off the ground, which would allow anyone but an NBA player to avoid hitting their head on them, would that still give me a decent field of sound if I mount them facing straight out from the wall? Or should I mount them at a slight angle so they are aimed down towards the listening area? They come with a really nice mounting system bolted onto the back of them, but if I need to mount them at an angle should I just buy an aftermarket mount so I can aim them exactly where I want?

From what I've read about layouts - you should have the speakers 'beaming' to the listening spot. So depending on where your sweet spot is for listening - you may have to angle the M30s down.

But - you gotta do what you gotta do with the constraints of your room layout.

B-Tech makes a nice mount that lets you tilt you speaks down - I think the max tilt is only 15degrees though.

comfortablycurt

I've always preferred my surrounds to be about 2-3 feet above my head, and angled down slightly towards the listening position.


+1 on the B-tech mount. The model you're looking for is the BT-77. It's a damn fine wall mount, to say the least.

kuntasensei

I've got some Monitor 30s doing height channel duty right now, aimed straight forward. Definitely need to angle them down, and the B-tech mounts will definitely do the trick. I have some older B-tech mounts lying around that I'm gonna use.

Erik Tracy

comfortablycurt wrote: »

I've always preferred my surrounds to be about 2-3 feet above my head, and angled down slightly towards the listening position.


+1 on the B-tech mount. The model you're looking for is the BT-77. It's a damn fine wall mount, to say the least.

My bad - I misread the OP's question and was thinking of Main speakers.

I also have my surrounds mounted above ear level, angled down towards - but firing 'over' the listening spot.

jleonard711

Man, if I'm going to have to use aftermarket mounts then I should have just gone with the M40's for just $10 more! Although, those are considerably deeper than the 30's which would probably be a poor fit for my room. It's not that it's really that narrow, but my couch is very wide and it leaves only 18" on either side to walk around the couch from the back of the room where the door is. If I were to use the 40's then they'd probably hang out past the edges of the couch, and that would look stupid.

It's too bad I'll have to use aftermarket mounts because I only paid $110 for my M30's which came with mounts installed, and now I'll need spend an additional 50% of that price on new mounts (~$60 for a decent pair)!

jleonard711

Would it be too risky to use the BT33 mounts with these speakers? They are rated for up to 8lbs and the M30's weigh 9lbs. But I assume that 9lb weight includes the mounting bracket and rubber feet that come built-in on the M30's, so with those pieces removed it might be about 8.6-8.7 lbs. Most products are almost always rated well below their actual capacity for safety reasons, so I'm wondering if those will be sufficient? I like them better than the BT77's because they are much more low-profile, and they are also much cheaper at just $20-$30/pr.

wutadumsn23

IMHO, the 40's would be your best bet. There is a very well done post here for the 40's wall mounted and step by step with pictures. I have the 40's pulling surround duty, and they are awesome.


-Jeff


http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93943&highlight=wall+mount+monitor link for the 40's wall mounted