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Those Wharfdale speakers with the matching stands are beautiful to my mind. Very retro 70's look.
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You must have been looking at the Wharfedale Linton, Geoff ? They sure are attractive. The proportions are different with mine - 32 cm cubes on 40cm stands plus 12 cm tweeter cube on top of the main cube.

Thanks for your words of encouragement. My joinery skills will certainly get tested. To be honest I have in a way been dreading this part. No more hiding behind crappy chipboard prototypes and quick aesthetic ignorant experiments.
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Linton it was, they are attractive but I am not sure about the shelf at the bottom.

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Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:21 am Linton it was, they are attractive but I am not sure about the shelf at the bottom.
1970s styling - you put a pot plant on the shelf
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savvypaul wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:28 am
Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:21 am Linton it was, they are attractive but I am not sure about the shelf at the bottom.
1970s styling - you put a pot plant on the shelf
The photographs on the web site show records on the shelf. My concern was putting a hard surface under a speaker, a potential resonant cavity.

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Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:23 pm
savvypaul wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:28 am
Geoff.R.G wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:21 am Linton it was, they are attractive but I am not sure about the shelf at the bottom.
1970s styling - you put a pot plant on the shelf
The photographs on the web site show records on the shelf. My concern was putting a hard surface under a speaker, a potential resonant cavity.
I agree. Leave it open frame. Maybe the shelf is optional?
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Has anybody here ever wall mounted their Cubes ?

It would help to have solid walls which I happen to have. As the Cube's up firing mid bass is in phase with the floor then maybe it doesn't make sense. Hard to faff about with positioning unless the brackets are adjustable
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karatestu wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:22 am Has anybody here ever wall mounted their Cubes ?

It would help to have solid walls which I happen to have. As the Cube's up firing mid bass is in phase with the floor then maybe it doesn't make sense. Hard to faff about with positioning unless the brackets are adjustable
There are adjustable wall brackets out there but you'd need to ensure they were study to stop the speaker moving in response to the mid/bass driver.
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I wall mounted my jpws.

Things I learnt

Make sure the wall will take the speakers, preferably a brick wall .
Use long enough plugs and screws for the weight
Don't have any adjustability in the platform you are attaching to the wall. It will be a source of weakness and defeat the point.

It was a very good solution
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TheMadMick wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:42 am
karatestu wrote: Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:22 am Has anybody here ever wall mounted their Cubes ?

It would help to have solid walls which I happen to have. As the Cube's up firing mid bass is in phase with the floor then maybe it doesn't make sense. Hard to faff about with positioning unless the brackets are adjustable
There are adjustable wall brackets out there but you'd need to ensure they were study to stop the speaker moving in response to the mid/bass driver.
Thanks Mick.

I'd be making them myself, especially considering I have the very unusual configuration of up and down firing mid bass. The force cancelling nature of bipolar opposing drivers might make my speakers more suitable for wall mounting.

Here in farming land things are usually made to withstand being run into by a John Deere. :grin:
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