StianT Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Hello good sirs and sirettes! I'm building my small HT in the basement, with built in rear, surround and atmos speakers which are already placed and installed. My question is, I have a pair of rp-160m and a 440c as the front-stage, can\should I seal the ports of the 160m's? I'm thinking of wall-mounting them with a clamper-mount (due to having two kids with busy fingers, so I'm afraid of getting stands.) Or would they perform just as good without sealing the ports while being mounted to the wall? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 20, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 20, 2021 Welcome Sealing the ports will change the tune of the speaker, it's designed to move air from the woofer through the port. Damage it, I don't know? What about a stand/shelf built on the wall, high enough where they can not reach it until they get old enough to know better. ? Just another idea 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Don't seal them. They won't perform as well butted up against the wall but they'll sound worse sealed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StianT Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 8 hours ago, dtel said: Welcome Sealing the ports will change the tune of the speaker, it's designed to move air from the woofer through the port. Damage it, I don't know? What about a stand/shelf built on the wall, high enough where they can not reach it until they get old enough to know better. ? Just another idea Thanks for the reply. Yeah I could go for a shelf, but how much distance behind the speaker should I have? Looks like I can get about 10cm of air between the wall and the rear port if I use the wall-mounts I have, is that horrible? I have these btw; https://www.btechavmounts.com/product-range/products/bt77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 4 hours ago, StianT said: Looks like I can get about 10cm of air between the wall and the rear port if I use the wall-mounts I have, is that horrible? That is plenty of room for the ports to breathe with those speakers. Now if we were talking the RP-8000F floorstanders, then yes 10cm might be a bit too close to the wall. Bill 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StianT Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Appreciate it! Thanks alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Those mounts are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 23, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 23, 2021 The first Klipsch I bought was bookshelf speakers and I mounted them on shelves for the same reason, not worrying about little kids doing something to the speakers or knocking one over on themselves. Then over time the kids grew up and the speakers got bigger to the point now the grandkids can't move one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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