So, as my 14 month old and 3 yr old wander around our basement theater, i've actually removed the CLS from service and covered them with plastic and heavy blanket to protect them.
the two B&W's i have in their stead just don't give me the same results (older pair of 602s).
in an effort to get my center channel above our HT screen (106") and off the floor, i actually took a Maggie MC1 (the 46" x 12" ht one) and hung it from the ceiling horizontally, at an angle so it fires down by 30 degrees, landing between front and back rows, we have a 'narrow' room so the lack of lateral dispersion isn't a problem. works fine and is decently airy.
the way those maggies are mounted, is on a hinge concept
where you use the supplied brackets and put one edge of the speaker against a wall/object.
so that got me thinking... what if i removed the electronics module from my CLS and hung them as such:
like shutters, which could be folded back against the wall when not in use (like the MC1).
I'd put some anti-reflection stuff in front of them on teh wall for the first boundry reflection, but when they were deployed, floor standing the room was so narrow they almost against the walls anyways... so my questions are:
1) any problem extending the wiring from the electronics module to the panels?
2) i'd rather not drill into my decent frames, and would prefer to build some frames to house the panels - is the frame width needed to keep sonic quality? (ie: i could use 1" steel frames stronger than the 3-4" of wood now) and they'd be smaller when swung out by 7")
3) i was thinking of new panels, is it a trade-in or just new ones? i could always hang the new ones in home-made/DIY frames and keep the originals under wraps.
thoughts?
the two B&W's i have in their stead just don't give me the same results (older pair of 602s).
in an effort to get my center channel above our HT screen (106") and off the floor, i actually took a Maggie MC1 (the 46" x 12" ht one) and hung it from the ceiling horizontally, at an angle so it fires down by 30 degrees, landing between front and back rows, we have a 'narrow' room so the lack of lateral dispersion isn't a problem. works fine and is decently airy.
the way those maggies are mounted, is on a hinge concept
where you use the supplied brackets and put one edge of the speaker against a wall/object.
so that got me thinking... what if i removed the electronics module from my CLS and hung them as such:
like shutters, which could be folded back against the wall when not in use (like the MC1).
I'd put some anti-reflection stuff in front of them on teh wall for the first boundry reflection, but when they were deployed, floor standing the room was so narrow they almost against the walls anyways... so my questions are:
1) any problem extending the wiring from the electronics module to the panels?
2) i'd rather not drill into my decent frames, and would prefer to build some frames to house the panels - is the frame width needed to keep sonic quality? (ie: i could use 1" steel frames stronger than the 3-4" of wood now) and they'd be smaller when swung out by 7")
3) i was thinking of new panels, is it a trade-in or just new ones? i could always hang the new ones in home-made/DIY frames and keep the originals under wraps.
thoughts?