Speakers hung from ceiling on aircraft cable.


Opinion question:

We are thinking of suspending a pair of KEF LS50 speakers from the ceiling using aircraft cable. Do you think having them not rigidly mounted will diminish bass? Will the woofers cause the speakers to move?

davidclarke
2left....Those Venus speakers look more like security cams to me....not that I'm paranoid, mind you....

(Matrix 'come hither' finger curl) C'mon, cupcakes...*nasty smile*

I've seen the 'cube in cube' suspended speaker DIY.  At least paint or 'grain' the pipes to cover the f'n labels, Chuckie....*damn*...lame....

I'd be more impressed if they were hypercubes....;)
Many a pair of Bose 901s were suspended by 4 chains per from the ceiling. Much cooler than the pussified tulip stands of the day.
Funny now I quite like the tulips. 
Problem was the 901s still did not sound that great so after a few months I moved on to the Corner horns. They were not on chains.
Back in 1985-1987, I suspended my small Polk Monitor 4As. I used a finished wood base, with 3 brass eyescrews, just bigger than the speaker base. I used black nylon braid fishing line to a brass ring; brass chain to a ceiling hook into the ceiling joists. I had use lateral black line to keep from twisting.

it sounded VERY GOOD! I used a passive subwoofer. 

Imaging was first rate. A very open, spacious sound. 
@chorus...and a Good Thing that likely was. 👌

Re Newtons’ 3rd; his apple only fell down. Driver cones, back and forth.
Even with varying fq, there’s cancellation there. *s*

richopp, actually the imaging isn’t lost entirely, since it’s into a closed space vs. say, an outdoor venue. For some ’quiet’ evening work, it certainly exceeds the typ. ’job site boombox'....;)

Either a cd into the player or Spotify from the cell, the receiver with an old SAE 2 channel parametric into the ’arrays’...’pause’ for machine noise....

It may not be ’phile, but it’s not so bad...and spl is Not an issue. *G*