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Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

Dave — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:00:40 GMT

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*

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

kruppking — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:30:44 GMT

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

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

kruppking — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:29:32 GMT

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.

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

joeyboygolf — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:09:47 GMT

£225 per pair in the UK

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

macjonny1 — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:14:57 GMT

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

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

kpcvlp — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:02:37 GMT

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

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

macjonny1 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:39:44 GMT

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!

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

Enigma — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:16:08 GMT

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.

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

macjonny1 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:48:09 GMT

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.

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

PL212 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:28:59 GMT

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.

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

kallasr — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:11:04 GMT

Maybe a photo needed?

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

Ralf

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

macjonny1 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:37:42 GMT

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!

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

DW2008 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:17:15 GMT

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.

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

BnoBlueBoy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:53:18 GMT

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.

Re: Has anyone used the Beolab 6000 wall brackets?

macjonny1 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:12:25 GMT

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?!!?!?!