suspending monitors from the ceiling

We played around with this stuff back in the 70's.  We used a garage door opener to lift them up when we weren't listening.  We thought they sounded good.  (home made speakers by kids with passion and really good tools).

Scott22, I have done it. They were 2 way open baffle speakers using Focal drivers. I crossed over to subwoofers ar 100 hz. The speakers are hung from a very sturdy beam using two chains per speaker. The tweeters are at ear level.  The owner is a high school music teacher. He loves it and for what we spent on the system it is killer. The only kicker is I would not want the speaker making bass even if it is fairly heavy. 

Mijostyn Thanks for the history I think with the right speakers, and sub it would look cool two black monoliths appear at distance to be floating in the air and if they can be made to sound great why not.