how many peeps put TV on top of center speaker?

[smooth2222]

how many peeps put TV on top of center speaker?

can anyone post some pictures? or will it look incredible stupid? and will it do any harm to a 65inch lcd tv?

paradigm cc-390 is the center speaker i'm looking at. nowere else to put. tv would have to go on top of it?

 

[alexsabree]

Wait.. Let me get this straight.

You are asking whether or not it is OK to put a huge arse TV on top of a speaker?
I know its a big speaker and all.. but its still a speaker none-the-less. I think the better solution would be to get a TV stand?

 

[smooth2222]

center speaker is 39 inches long, no were to put it on the tv stand, so was just thinking of putting the tv on top of it, tv only weights 120lbs

 

[sptrout]

So, are you thinking about putting the speaker on the floor? If so, I think the AQ will suffer considerably. The speaker should be at ear level, or at least pointed up or down so the audio is on track to be at ear level by the time it reaches your main listening area.

Sounds like a bad idea to me, but sometimes if you have no other choice on speaker locations, you have to do what you have to do.

 

[oppman99]

I've seen/heard a 42" TV placed on top of a center and it worked fine, but nothing as big as 65". I know a couple people on the forum have built a stand (which sits on the TV stand) to go over the center channel and put the TV on top of it. Also seems to work fine. Are these ideal solution? Probably not, but they can work.

 

[j_garcia]

I did it for one day on my center, but my center also uses 1" thick MDF and extreme bracing. It only sat there because I had to install the wall bracket. If it was a smaller display, I wouldn't see a problem with it, but for that one, I wouldn't do it.

 

[redass]

would you be ok if a big child / small teenager was sitting on your speaker? I wouldn't be happy if I saw such a sight. I would throw a fit.

 

[bigred7078]

Get this stand, problem solved

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8193554&st=init+tv+stand&type=product&id=1165609791326

 

[cvcgolf]

Sounds a bit crazy. No way in hell would I do it. If you do decide to go this route then please post a photo.

 

[croseiv]

Seems possible, but I wonder what effect it may have on SQ? It seems it would adversely affect the box resonance.

 

[smooth2222]

So, are you thinking about putting the speaker on the floor? If so, I think the AQ will suffer considerably. The speaker should be at ear level, or at least pointed up or down so the audio is on track to be at ear level by the time it reaches your main listening area.

Sounds like a bad idea to me, but sometimes if you have no other choice on speaker locations, you have to do what you have to do.

would be a tv stand, then speaker, then tv

 

[smooth2222]

I've seen/heard a 42" TV placed on top of a center and it worked fine, but nothing as big as 65". I know a couple people on the forum have built a stand (which sits on the TV stand) to go over the center channel and put the TV on top of it. Also seems to work fine. Are these ideal solution? Probably not, but they can work.

that sounds like a pretty good idea.

 

[smooth2222]

found a console that looks like this.

http://dantos.com/showcaselist.php?item_id=624172&page=905&list_page=16&pagesize=60&columns=4&query_style=showcaselist&type_id=300

looks like the center speaker will fit, this would be perfect.

does anyone know of any consoles similair to this?

steve

 

[abboudc]

center speaker is 39 inches long, no were to put it on the tv stand, so was just thinking of putting the tv on top of it, tv only weights 120lbs

My center speaker is huge too. I ended up getting a wall mountable tv stand meant for a 27" CRT and using that to mount the speaker.

Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Sanus-VMTVB-Tilt-Swivel-Mount/dp/B000669BVW

 

[Cloud]

I have my LG 65 Oled B7 on top of my Klipsch RC-64iii center speaker. So far so good.

 

[Tachead7075]

I wouldn't do it personally. It doesn't seam like a good idea for a number of reasons.

Why not just wall mount the TV? Good quality wall mounts can be had for like $50 these days. Here is my setup with my old 52" wall mounted over my Paradigm Premier 600C...

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[Verdinut]

I have three identical speakers in the front and my 50 inch TV is on top at 35 inches from the floor.

 

[Pogre]

I wall mounted mine too.

I also noticed... that this thread is 11 years old and I doubt op even remembers this forum, lol.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I wall mounted mine too.

I also noticed... that this thread is 11 years old and I doubt op even remembers this forum, lol.

Sweet! responding to an 11 year old thread. That makes me 35yo!!!!! Yay

 

[lovinthehd]

I wouldn't do it personally. It doesn't seam like a good idea for a number of reasons.

Why not just wall mount the TV? Good quality wall mounts can be had for like $50 these days. Here is my setup with my old 52" wall mounted over my Paradigm Premier 600C...

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So just what are the "number of reasons"?