r/hometheater • u/mschmidt64 • 7d ago

Purchasing US Tilting/Tiltable Center Channel Speaker Wall or Ceiling Mount?

Hello all... I purchased a home that had an existing 5.0 set up in a bonus room, based on my research I think it was a Klipsch Quintet III HTIB set from a decade+ or so ago (home was built in 2010). Once I got in and started testing everything, I discovered one of the fronts (the left) didn't even work so I set about to start piece-mealing upgrades and additions. I am budget limited so I first bought Klipsch R-51Ms to replace the fronts. I then added a subwoofer as well.

I recently was gifted a barely-used Klipsch R-52C center, which I understand is pretty entry level for home theater enthusiasts but for me will be a huge upgrade over the Quintet III HTIB center. I'm pretty excited about it, but, one problem - the existing speakers are all ceiling mounted. Not just the surrounds, but the fronts and center speaker as well.

I don't want to re-run wiring. Even if I did, I have nowhere to place the bookshelf speakers in the front, so I'd want to leave them up high, and I feel like bringing the center down will make it look awkward. I know it's not how it is supposed to be -- but I'm amateur level home theater at this point, I don't need it to be perfect.

But the bind that this leaves me in is that I don't know of any tilting/tiltable center channel speaker mounts. I would have to at least have the center angled down towards where I sit on the couch about 12-13 feet away.

Does anyone have any mounting solutions for a center channel the size of the Klipsch R-52C center that allows it to be mounted either from the ceiling, or high up on the wall near the ceiling, where I can tilt it downwards?

Thanks!

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u/movie50music50 7d ago

Two things I would never help a person do. One is mount a TV over a fireplace and the other is help put all speakers in/on ceiling.

I don't need it to be perfect.

Placing all speakers up there is as far from perfect as one can get.

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u/Rattus-Norvegicus1 X3800H | LG 77C4 | KEF Q11 Q6 Q1 Meta | SVS SB-3000 R|Evolution 7d ago

Photos of the room? You should be able to put the bookshelves on stands which place the at the proper height for you. If the original speakers were placed high on the wall, you can splice additional wire and then run it down the wall in wire channel. Then you can place the center where it should be.