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Plasma TVs and center channel speakers

I have been toying with the idea of getting a 42 inch plasma for my dedicated HT room. It will sit directly in front of a window on an outside wall based on the best layout for the speakers in the room so hanging on the wall is not really an option.

I have a Martin Logan Cinema center channel speaker which fits nicely on the 32 inch CRT TV that is in the room now, but it won't even come close to balancing on a plasma. Because of the window, I can't mount it on the wall either...

All the HT components sit in a 27 inch high 62 inch wide six compartment custom piece of cabinetry, so a fully new rack designed for plasma is out of the question.

Anybody out there have any ideas on how to keep the center channel speaker above a plasma. Somebody must make a stand for placement behind the TV that will hold the center channel speaker above it, but I can't find any such thing.

Have even toyed with suspending the speaker on steel cables from the ceiling, but don't really want to go to that much trouble, and have 20 - 30 pounds dangling above a $5k TV...

Thanks

Mitch
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rrroberts
21 posts
 
Mitch, I built a stand that clamps to the stand I mounted the plasma on..comes up behind the TV and is about 1/2" above the TV allowing it to still swing back and forth...the speaker is aimed down at about a 3 degree angle right at the seating in front of the TV...works awesome but you need to be able to cut wood...
lej1447
117 posts
 
I agree with Slappy. I have seen such set up at two high-end audio stores. The center ML was on a small speaker stand, which sits on the floor. The speaker was pointed slightly up toward the viewer. Below my plasma (hang on the wall) is my center speaker, which rests on the top rack of my 36-inch-high audio stand, which is at the level of my listening ears.
lowrider
32 posts
 
I will have the same problem when I get a plasma, hopefully soon...

But as I found out the center sounds much better bellow the screen, sound comes from it, instead of from the ceiling, I will get a floor stand for the plasma, place it behind the rack, and the center speaker on the rack, where the TV is now...
thomas_eck
4 posts
 
Vermonter-

I purchased a wall mounted TV shelf to suspend my Monitor Audio center channel speaker just above the TV. Parts Express (www.partsexpress.com) has a very inexpensive model (Part Number 240-776) that may be worth a try. Four Foculpods under the speaker and you should be off and running.

Obviously, another choice is a Sound Anchor stand under the monitor.

-Thomas
russ_l
95 posts
 
Mitch- Here is a better (and easier) idea to try. Put away your center channel speaker and select phantom mode in your processor. You'll be amazed at how much better the sound will be. And if anyone is sitting 90 degrees off axis tell them to lie on the floor in front of the TV. IMHO of course.
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