Yesterday my wife noticed that the front right presence speaker had "slipped" its mount. Upon closer inspection the back of the speaker had actually pulled out of the cabinet and the only thing holding the speaker 14 feet in the air (and right above my modified L200s and my Sunfire sub) was nothing!
This is the clupret (before the back came off):
And this is what it would have fallen on (everything to the right of the screen):
Luckily, it seems that the speaker had wedged itself in place rather than falling to its demise (and the demise of everything below it).
These are 10" 3-way Cerwin Vegas. I have a couple L112s and could get a second pair (we use four surrounds with the Yamaha RX-Z9) and am wondering what the best (but unobtrusive) way to mount them would be.
For the Vegas, I put two eye-bolts and big fender washers in the top-back of the cabinet, and toggle bolts in the ceiling and these have held fine (the back of the speaker came off but the bolts are still intact). It only took 13 years for the back to come off. All of the others still are fine.
Has anyone tried ceiling mounting their L-series speakers and if so, how did you do it? I'm not so concerned about making holes in the cabinets as I am having these vintage cabinets come apart on me and falling to their demise.
Thanks