I am considering the wall-mount brackets for the Beolab 6000s and am wondering if anyone has experience with them.  Mainly I am wondering about how they attach to the wall.  I'm trying to plan for spacing and wondering if they need a stud in the wall to screw in to or if they use dry wall anchors?

The speakers seem a bit to heavy to rely just on drywall anchors but I haven't actually seen the mounts in person.

Thanks!

Each bracket fixes with 2 screws/bolts only.

I live in a timber frame bungalow and doubt if drywall anchors would be sufficient for the job and the studs are not quite in the correct place.

I have had a spare pair of 6000's and wall mounting brackets sitting around for 2 years while I try to decide just how to mount them.

A discrete patress could be an idea but.........

Still thinking!!!!

OK I guess no one has used these actually on the wall?  113 views at this moment and not a single person has them mounted wow!

@joeyboygolf, do the brackets have holes that are aligned with each other vertically?  I'm wondering because if you mounted them in a stud then that would block the holes for the wires....so, they must be made to go into the drywall if that is the case.

One guy on the forum has actually used them and posted some photos of them. I remember them saying that their decorators used some sort of white plastic faux-wall to hide all the cables, and that there was a B&O logo on the bottom right... I think he was asking for our opinion... what we think about... etc etc...

Does anyone else remember what Im talking about?

Some B&O shops have them wall mounted, King Street perhaps? I can't remember exactly!

I imagine one could tear open the wall and put a brace stud horizontally to mount one of the holes to but I don't really care to break in to my wall. 

The stores could of course do that no problem and is probably what they have done...

Just opened the box and out dropped the installation instructions.

The holes are vertically one above the other.

The instructions state that in a drywall system the brackets MUST be fixed directly to a stud.

Use two round headed lag (?) screws 5mm diam which penetrate a minimum 25mm into the stud.

I have fitted a pair for a customer on a partition wall. Managed to get good fixings with quality dry wall fixings(the type that you use a setting tool with).

They look really good on a wall. I now have a pair for my 6000's. Just waiting to rearrange the room to fit them.

I have seen a pair of BL 6000's Mounted  on a wall...One either side of a Beovision 8-40 and looked really Smart!

Is the hole/entrance for the speaker wires right below the mounting holes?  If so, then how does one get the speaker wires through a stud?!!?!?!

its more a slot on the bottom of the bracket. You could drill to the left or right at an angle so it would come out at the side of the stud.

Large48:

Some B&O shops have them wall mounted, King Street perhaps? I can't remember exactly!

I think that Selfridges in London has them wall-mounted.

OK I went ahead and ordered a pair for my front BL6000s and have another set of mounts for my matching rears.  The mounts look very good and are very secure when screwed in to a stud.  Basically you remove the bottom foot and then replace it with bolts that attach the speaker to the wall mounts. 

Here's one problem with the design, however.  The channel underneath for the wires is directly below the mounting holes.  So, if you want to feed the wires in to the wall you have to do it over to the side and just under the bottom of the mount, because otherwise you are going right in to the stud. 

Overall it makes the BL6000s look awesome so I am very happy!

Maybe a photo needed?

Some found here before.... I think...

Ralf

joeyboygolf:

Use two round headed lag (?) screws

This is the North American term for coach screw, I believe... 'Lag' here is an old term for a stave (or single vertical element) of a barrel, and a lag screw was originally designed to attach barrel staves to the encompassing metal rings.

The type of screws don't matter.  The fact is that the holes to mount are directly above the speaker channel in the mount.  So, it means you have to have the wire going off to the side.  Not a big deal but not the best design.

Hi, B&O’s warning about fixing into studs is basically to cover their own backs, very similar to what you will get from any manufacturer of TV wall brackets etc. to guard against some ambitious DIY’er trying to fix a 10Kg load into a plasterboard wall with do-it-all nylon plugs they've found at the bottom of their toolbox.

Ideally, you do want to find a wooden stud, but it's unlikely they will be conveniently where you need them to be. If you use the correct fixings, then these will go anywhere on a good-condition plasterboard wall.

Something like this:

http://apps.fischer.de/poc/default.aspx?page=details&layertype=Z&sprache=EN&kat=$MART-HK-$MKAT-HK-$MPG-G7-$MZG-F150&ekat=$EKAT-HK-EN

It’s worth using a fitting tool to get the best possible grip, and DO NOT over tighten once the fitting has gripped – use a hand screwdriver only and not a powertool, otherwise you run the risk of stripping the threads and these are extremely difficult to remove if they go bad.

I think Rawlplug have an equivalent, but I trust Fischer after many years of use in various similar applications. On something this close to the wall you need to be more concerned about shearing forces than weight, there’s also an app you can download from Fischer to calculate what you need if you are really worried.

The fitting tool & fittings themselves are not particularly cheap, but when you are looking to hang £1000's on the wall, it’s not worth cutting corners.

I fitted several Beolab 3500’s, 5000’s and various plasmas into plasterboard walls with these, not to mention heavy mirrors and cabinets, and they’ve never moved in years. After all, they are designed to hold kitchen cabinets up, loaded with who knows what, so a Beolab 6000 is not going to be a problem.

Having said all that, the walls need to be in good, sound condition and fitted correctly. Don’t blame me if it goes wrong!

Cheers,

Mike.

Thanks for the update.  I now have 4 BL6000 mounted, and I chose to do them all on studs.  I would be OK doing BL3s on sheetrock but I would be a bit nervouse with the BL6000s as there is also a lot of torque that they could apply to a wall with their length. 

I still think the design is poor as I had to route the cables off to the side, but they still look awesome!

Are these still availble if so any one know the cost?

Yes they are still available...they are around $225 USD a pair I think.

£225 per pair in the UK

da,da :-D work in progress.

Fixed to plaster board and brick with a 15mm gap between board and brick, however I would be more than happy to fix into plaster board using hilti fixings which i have done with a BV6 that weighs considerably more.

my god thats a bad picture. will have to see if I can do something with it :-D

kruppking:

my god thats a bad picture. will have to see if I can do something with it :-D

please do! i think 6000's look lovely in silver on the wall, i wish i had the right house to do that with mine, if i did i'd wall mount them next to my BC1 and wall mount that too..... *drool*