Hanging / Flying Speaker DIY Hack

[airIck]

And I do mean "hack".

I've been meaning to post this for a long while but keep forgetting. A couple of years ago I needed to get my Drum Room speakers up in the air due to space limitations. As the room is unfinished storage cosmetics weren't a concern and placement wasn't a huge concern either. However: money was and I didn't want to screw anything into the cabinets.

So I dreamed this up: I mounted eye bolts to joists, used vinyl coated cable, some eyebolts, turnbuckles etc.. and then fastened the speakers to cheap shelving boards with lashing straps. The turnbuckles allowed me to fine tune the cable distance so I didn't have to be overly precise mounting each cable and still coming out level.

It's not very pleasing to the eyes but it's sturdy. They've been up for about 2 years now. Every 6 months or so I check the cables and lashings to make sure nothing looks weak. I used anchor bend knots for the cable.

 

[swechsler]

Clever, but I probably would have nailed a furring strip to the front of the board rather than (or in addition to) the lashing straps. I'd be afraid (probably without good reason) that the belt would stretch at some point.

 

[Djcoolray]

Yah know....

If you get some fish netting and some of those hooks that go into the ceiling that are used for hanging plants.....like they used once upon a time. It would look much better !!!!

 

[swechsler]

Actually I've seen plant hangers (those 1970s-style macrame things) used as minispeaker hangers.

 

[Mitkraft]

Actually I've seen plant hangers (those 1970s-style macrame things) used as minispeaker hangers.

My aunt and uncle had their living room speakers (largish monkey coffins) hung that way for as far back as I can remember until they got a Bose Acoustimass system in the late 90's.

 

[teal'c]

Glad to read those are straps. I saw that blue and thought "Painters tape, uhoh.".
To paraphrase Red Green, If they don't find it pretty, at least they find it handy.