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someone told me that is was not a good Idea to wall mount the rt35. The speakers have a wall mount bracket on the back of them. Also, the manual states that because of the powerport on the rear of the speaker it is ok to place the speakers up against the wall. If these speakers are not made for wall mounting why have a wall mount bracket and why state that they can be place up against a wall is you choose to do so. I am reposting this because my original post is a little bit further back on this board and I thought it might be better seen if I repost. Thanx to anyone who has repsonded to my past posts. I hope to hear from you soon on this one.
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There are few speakers that work well "up against the wall". There are some though that are expressly designed for wall placement. Some subwoffers are. The most famous of all was the Allison series - believed by some to this day to be the best/greatest loudspeaker ever made.Even if the port location is not an issue there are still problems. The problem stems from the fact that some of the sound will wrap around and bounce off the wall. This means that the same signal arrives at your ears twice but a fraction of a second apart -- hence the problem of "smear" or "muddiness". On top of this, the timing and distance are such that certain wave lengths will from the bounce will just match up with the direct sound and reinforce it while certain others will arrive negatively match up and cancell the direct source. Thie plays hell with frequenncy response. BTW, the cancellation is called "suck out" or the "Allison effect" (same name as the speakers mentioned above.
As you move speakers away from the wall, the effects mentioned shift to higher frequencies until you reach a point where the wave length is short enough that it doesn't mnatter for some reason. You may have read here that subwoffers/room interations are reduced by placing them next to a wall. This is one of the advantages of a sub-sat system: the sats can be moved out from the walls while the sub is pushed up against it. Often it is not so simple but you get the idea!
In principal, in wall speakers by being flush with the wall avoid all this. They have "other problems". If someday someone designs a model that resolves the "other problems", in-wall speaks will be the audiophile rage.
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If so, placing their backs to the wall might either cut airflow out of the port, and thus reduce their bass output, or (if, say, 1/4" or so out) might EXAGGERATE the bass output, making it muddy and ill-defined.A front-ported speaker such as the KEF Q series (old or new) might work better.
I have the RT35 mounted on the wall, but as the rear channel speakers.
The Power Port plate has a keyhole that provides for wall mounting.
There's only one way to know, test them and let your ears decide.
Oh yeah, make sure to screw into a stud, the RT35s are 20 lbs.
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