RS7 placement?? Will 90 degrees opposed work?

[lascala memories]

My family room is far from optimum for a HT system. The right front is far too close to the center and I have no long wall in the rear for the surrounds. No one in town stocks ceiling mounts that will accommodate my RS7's so my question is, can I mount them directly to the wall 90 degrees opposed? I know that Klipsch recommends 180 degrees opposed for optimum performance, but the architect who designed this house didn't read the spec sheet. Heck, I can't even get them on the same wall with any seperation.

Thanks.

[SCOOTERDOG]

Take a look at my HT web page to see how I mounted mine. I used shelf

brackets to accomodate wheer ther was no wall and mounted them to the

ceiling. The pics are a bit dark but if you like the way I mounted mine

I would be happy to snap some good pics for you. O hell I'll just go

snap one now...BRB

scooter

[SCOOTERDOG]

ok here is a pic of it.

scooter

[SCOOTERDOG]

Personally I like it mounted this way. I am starting construction of my

new theater and will finally have a wall for the left surronds. I am

planning on mounting them 90 deg like I have them now but on the wall.

[Guest BobG]

Because of their 180 degree coverage pattern, it IS possible to get good results with one WDST speaker on the back wall and the other on the side wall. Don't put either close to a corner and try to get them similar distances from the listening position, then set the "distance delay" in your processor. The attached image should help describe the result.

[IndyKlipschFan]

Good point Bob.... Some with less than ideal rooms with today's electronics corrections can make what seems like bad situations sound great too. The WDST speakers do a great job of this too.

[Kriton]

Hey, I don't have RS-7's (yet) but I do have mounted the synergy version, and

I needed a ceiling mount that would hold all that weight and still be

multi-directional (so I could point them down at the listening area) from the ceiling..so I used Omnimounts and the threaded

insert in the back of my SS surrounds to mount the things from the

ceiling...I think the RS's have the same insert?

They look good, fit the threading exactly and are very sturdy, and not

real (note- kind of ($25-40per mount I think)) pricey...just make sure

you find out the thread

twist from the Klipsch website or the documentation that came with the

speakers, and the weight and compare your needs to the mounts available

on www.omnimount.com...I went with the celing mount 20.0 (for speakers

up to 20 lbs) and while I would have preferred to flush wall mount

these things, it just wasn't possible, as my room is strange too.

AND you can purchase them directly from various sources on the net!

If you want picts I can get one for you!

K

[lascala memories]

Thanks to everyone for the input. I finally found some wall/ceiling mounts that could hold the weight at a local store and then fabricated adapter brackets from aluminum bar stock. I mounted them from the ceiling and pointed them down directly at the center of the viewing area. They look great an sound better than I expected since they had to be mounted so high. (12 ft.) Now I am off to find a sub! Thanks again.