Monitor Audio Bronze BR2

[admin_exported]

Hi,

Anyone know if these speakers would be ok to hang on a wall?

My dali lektor 1's are fine speakers but don't deliver enough bass.

 

[Anonymous]

Mmmmm. not sure if I would hang them on a wall but they are front ported so can be used with their back close to a wall. Dont you have a shelf to put them on?

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks raym87. I really need a nice pair of speakers with better bass then the lektor 1's I have. The room is narrow and long so stands are a no no.

 

[the record spot]

Are floorstanders an option (I hear what you say about narrow rooms and stands not being an option, but not sure if that is a physical or preference consideration TBH)?

If so, Q Acoustics 1030i come in at £199 in Richer Sounds currently, you can get the Mission 733i for a song on Ebay, often in excellent nick and they do a wide range of music very well (had a pair for a decade, can't recommend them highly enough and you should snag a good pair for less than £60).

Assuming wall mount, then the new Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 or the outgoing 9.1 would also be worth a punt in addition to the BR2.

 

[Anonymous]

I am currently using the BR2s, they are about 10cm max. away from the wall. The bass was, well, incredible if you like your music to have prominent bass. I don't like my bass to be OTT but I do like a bit of bass weight in my music, and these were perfect. As for putting them pretty much on/next to the wall, well I don't think it would make that much difference. I noticed a little increase in bass when they were placed close to the wall (from around 30cm away from the wall), but nothing that changes the face of the sound. If you do want to reduce the bass on them though, they do come with port bungs which can be used to decrease bass, or you can do what I did yesterday and take some foam (I used the foam from the packaging of a hard drive[about 5cms thick]) and put it behind the piece of wood in the middle of the 8-shape frame inside the speakers. This does require taking out the driver, but this can be done in about 5 mins. with a drill and an allen key piece. You probably won't have to do this, I only did it because I wanted to see how it effected the sound of the speakers.

 

[Scissor_digits]

If space really is that much of an issue have you considered buying the in-wall equivalent?

http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/ci-series/cp1/cpw-br/your-speaker

If you did hang standard BR2's on the wall you would have to wrap you speaker cable around the termination points rather than using banana plugs which I'm guessing wouldn't help sound quality.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Darren. I'm thinking of the weight of the actual speaker on the wall. I would be putting them on speaker brackets.

 

[Anonymous]

Cheers scissor, you don't wanna meet my wife! Any more DIY and i'm done.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi, sorry, got the wrong end of the stick there. But funnelly enough, I used to have my BR2s on wall brackets (until I got my Soundstyle Z2s), they were fine hanging on the wall, I had mine on a plasterboard wall which meant I could only have one screw on the top and one on the bottom of each bracket (because there were only small strips of wood running through the wall) they were up there for about 6 months and were fine. As long as you have at least one screw in the top and bottom of each bracket (done up tight) you should be fine, I am guessing you will be able to use all four screws for each bracket though.