Need advice hanging my rear surrounds!!!

[Daz3d&Confus3d]

So I have my KEF IQ8ds' sitting on top of my old polk towers beside the sofa on each side and now I need to get them on the wall.

My questions are:

1.) My Kefs are pretty hard to drive (83 sensitivity) and I have to run one line bout 30 ft and the other 46 ft. in the wall and up across the ceiling in the attic. What type of wire should I use and any recommendations on where to buy it? I’m assuming 12 gauge but what about proper shielding? Also I’m in Oklahoma and it gets extremely hot in the heat of summer in the attics here.

2.) My sofa is right up against our living room windows (3 large 35w” windows) with drapes that are sometimes hung back and sometimes let down…If I'm sitting on my sofa to my immediate left is a small bump-out (from a closet)…its approx. 15 inches, the KEF’s are bout 12” wide….so (option A) if I put it on that bump-out it’ll be almost right up against the wall…..or (Option B) do I move it all the way to the side wall (7 ft further back) by the front door entrance and just crank it up? Option C, just buy some stands….lol.


3.) Where can I buy some cheap flush mounts for putting them right against the wall? The two rear holes for mounting are 9” apart

I’ve been kicking this around in my head for 2 weeks and haven’t made up my mind…..any ideas would be appreciated!

 

[Daz3d&Confus3d]

Here's a pic of the other side for reference. My tv and fronts are approx. 14 ft. from the sofa.

I was also wondering about using a speaker wall plate and bananna plugs to go into the wall plate and then spade plugs to the speakers since I'm wanting to mount them flush and there won't be room for banana's....any recommendations for a good place online to shop for them?

Good 12 gauge speaker wire for fronts, where can I find it online at a decent price?

 

[jcPanny]

Speaker connections

Pick up some Belden 5000UP speaker wire from Westlake Electronic. It is CL3 rated for inwall installation so it will work fine for your atic wiring. It should also work great for your fronts. Just add some techflex to dress it up.

For mounting, check out the brackets from Omnimount. They can handle heavy speaker and will allow you to angle them in the correct direction. If you want them flush against the wall, you could try a picture hanging wire technique.

 

[3db]

Try these if flush mounts don't work for you

So I have my KEF IQ8ds' sitting on top of my old polk towers beside the sofa on each side and now I need to get them on the wall.

My questions are:

1.) My Kefs are pretty hard to drive (83 sensitivity) and I have to run one line bout 30 ft and the other 46 ft. in the wall and up across the ceiling in the attic. What type of wire should I use and any recommendations on where to buy it? I’m assuming 12 gauge but what about proper shielding? Also I’m in Oklahoma and it gets extremely hot in the heat of summer in the attics here.

2.) My sofa is right up against our living room windows (3 large 35w” windows) with drapes that are sometimes hung back and sometimes let down…If I'm sitting on my sofa to my immediate left is a small bump-out (from a closet)…its approx. 15 inches, the KEF’s are bout 12” wide….so (option A) if I put it on that bump-out it’ll be almost right up against the wall…..or (Option B) do I move it all the way to the side wall (7 ft further back) by the front door entrance and just crank it up? Option C, just buy some stands….lol.


3.) Where can I buy some cheap flush mounts for putting them right against the wall? The two rear holes for mounting are 9” apart

I’ve been kicking this around in my head for 2 weeks and haven’t made up my mind…..any ideas would be appreciated!

In case you can't find flush mounts, try these. I use them for my PSB Image1B very close in size and weight to the new ImageB15s.

http://www.pinpoint-mktg.com/bt77.html