Garrett Home theater

[AVSCraig]

Those are great looking speaker mounts. It says -

" Currently unavailable.

We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. "

You have another source ? Those look very useful. 

[AVSMike]

Those are great looking speaker mounts. It says -

" Currently unavailable.

We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock. "

You have another source ? Those look very useful.

No. I looked and did not see them available anywhere else. I bought the last ones. When I went to make the link, I noticed Amazon said they might not be available again.  

[AVSMike]

Have two of my four Volt 8 Atmos speakers finished. Will be mounting them sideways off my ceiling using these ceiling brackets. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VF3CG4K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[AVSMike]

Have the back two Volt 8's built. I made my own ceiling brackets for these out of 1/4" thick x 1.5" wide steel bar stock. Due to working overhead with the weight, will install driver after ceiling mounting. Have the front two mounted. Look small after having JBL 8340's on the ceiling.

Have to do some ceiling touch up, where the JBL 8340's were attached to the ceiling. Had three 65 watt floods on full and still had to use flash so that you could even see the Volt 8.

[AVSMike]

Now that my daughter's wedding is over, I have a little more time. Went up into the attic Sunday and installed some blocking for the rear atmos speakers. As soon as I rework the back wall black velvet curtains, I will get some pictures. I threw in an atmos demo disc to test the speakers. The atmos effect is very uniform, say when the helicopter circles overhead in the demo.

[AVSMike]

Rear surrounds and curtains back in place for rear surrounds.

[AVSMike]

Mounting side surrounds in front of velvet curtains.

Have been thinking about this. I have floor to ceiling black velvet curtains on my side walls. Currently using wall mounted JBL 8340's (wood box, not 8340A's) with curtains stopping at each side of the speaker. This leaves me with 20" wide strip of wall that is not covered with velvet. Right now I have the curtains angled in some at the top. You can see this in the post above. Since my room is narrow, I am thinking about going with a smaller speaker. Thinking about using the sealed Volt-10 Atmos flat pack. Says it has an f3 of 75hz, so that would work fine crossed over to my subs at 80hz.

Anyway, I have seen people cut holes in their curtains and I have seen people fasten through their curtains. Either way, you are damaging the curtains, especially if you cut a hole in them and could not very easily use them again in another application. So here is my thought. I am going to attach a 1" x1" board on the wall horizontally at the bottom of the surround. Right above this ledge, I will fasten a 1.5" wide x 1/8" thick piece of mild steel bar stock, horizontally. Near where the top of the surround will hit the wall, I will fasten another 1.5" wide x 1/8" thick piece of mild steel bar stock, horizontally. On the back of the speaker, I will fasten four or six thin Neodymium magnets matching the lower and upper steel bar stock. The black velvet curtains will hide everything on the wall. I will place the speaker on the 1" x 1" ledge with the curtain sandwiched in between and tilt up, letting the magnets hold the speaker tight to the wall. Damage to the wall will just be six screw holes. Damage to the curtain will be zero.

[AVSMike]

Left surround speaker mounted with new system using magnets and having curtain go behind the speaker. Right surround is how I used to have them mounted with curtain stopping on each side of the speaker. The current surrounds are JBL 8340's which are 19"W x 21.5" H x 12"D and weigh 50lbs. They are large surrounds. The Volt-10's will be 14"W x 14"H x 7"D. The Volt-10's will also be half the weight. Both speakers use 10" pro woofers and compression drivers.

[AVSCraig]

Those are pointed right at your ear, are they not ? 

[AVSMike]

They are close to the side seat, but not as close as they appear. About 3' away from the nearest head. That is one reason I am going with smaller speakers. Also they work great for the main seat, which is most of the usage.

[AVSCraig]

Must be the camera angle! 

[AVSMike]

Must be the camera angle!

Yes, took picture from main seat, so you can't see how much past the seat the speaker is. 

[AVSMike]

More pictures. Next up is replacement of side surrounds, then screen and maybe adding rear surrounds.

[AVSMike]

Left surround speaker mounted with new system using magnets and having curtain go behind the speaker. Right surround is how I used to have them mounted with curtain stopping on each side of the speaker. The current surrounds are JBL 8340's which are 19"W x 21.5" H x 12"D and weigh 50lbs. They are large surrounds. The Volt-10's will be 14"W x 14"H x 7"D. The Volt-10's will also be half the weight. Both speakers use 10" pro woofers and compression drivers.

Have replaced my JBL 8340's with smaller Volt-10 surrounds. The Volt-10 uses the same size 10" midwoofer and a 1" compression driver. Specs list an f3 of 75hz and it meets that spec in my room, so using 80hz crossover point.

[AVSCraig]

Nice Mike. How does it sound ?