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    Default HTM-200SE Ceiling Mount - My Solution

    I purchased my HTM-200SE's to use as ceiling-mounted atmos/height speakers. I wasn't sure exactly how I'd do it - but eventually settled on a solution, which I think worked out well... and so I thought I'd share it, in case anyone else is considering doing this.

    My ceiling height is a little under 8 feet - which initially led me to the HTM-200SE's, since they can be oriented horizontally. I picked the Mount-It! Low Profile speaker mount as my starting point. The problem there is that the 200SE's mounting holes don't line up with the Mount-It! bracket, or literally any other bracket that I could possibility find. The side-squeeze mounts (like the ones recommended for the 200s) won't work on the ceiling, or at least I wouldn't trust a mount like that to hold.

    So I needed a way to interface the speaker with the mount. I found an option, called a mending plate, which is a furniture bracket. The one I bought was 8" long with an M6 center slot, which was long enough to attach to the HTM-200SE and fit the M6 screw holes that come with the speaker.

    The bracket wouldn't fit flush against the speaker, as the other (speaker) side of the bracket also needed screws so it would attach to the Mount-It!. I purchased M6 washers, and put 3 of them on the speaker side to act as stand-offs. Then, with M6x1x20mm screws and M6 wing nuts, I married the Mount-It! and the speaker through the mending plate.

    In the end, the top edge of the speakers is less than 2" from the ceiling, and they're oriented horizontally - making it as low profile as I could get, without actually putting speakers in the ceiling. (I have a low slope roof with HVAC overhead, so in-ceiling wouldn't quite work out correctly, as I wanted the Dolby-recommended placement locations for a 5.1.2 system).

    The only downside is that the accessory hardware (mending plate, M6 screws, and wing nuts) ended up costing more than the Mount-It's... and you end up with a lot of leftovers. But it was worth it to me, because I ended up with the speaker I wanted, in the location it needed to be, inside a room that I had no choice but to live with.

    Some photos:
    https://imgur.com/a/VrzY7ZA

    I'm not trying to sell anything here - except the idea of using the HTM-200SE's on the ceiling, I guess. But if interested, here's the stuff I used:

    Mount-It! https://www.amazon.com/Mount-Anti-Th.../dp/B00CSA2Y18
    8.5" slotted mending plates https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L7QD66X
    M6 screws https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZ3X3J74
    M6 wing nuts https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QB5N4WL
    M6 wing washers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09N8T9B8F

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    Default Re: HTM-200SE Ceiling Mount - My Solution

    That looks excellent!!

    What do you use for your main speakers.
    -curtis

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    Default Re: HTM-200SE Ceiling Mount - My Solution

    nice job.
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    Default Re: HTM-200SE Ceiling Mount - My Solution

    Very nice!

    What are you using for the covers over the speaker wire?
    Luna Duo V2 LR, Titan Horizon V2, and Rythmik L22 & L12 in HT, Sierra-LXs in study, S-2EXs and Duo V2 C in bedroom, S-1 NrTs in dining room, S-1s at work, HTM-200s in kitchen. Brother owns CMT-340s and dad has a pair of CBM-170s.

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    Default Re: HTM-200SE Ceiling Mount - My Solution

    Nice work!
    Ed

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    Default Re: HTM-200SE Ceiling Mount - My Solution

    Quote Originally Posted by curtis View Post
    What do you use for your main speakers.
    Sadly, it's older/cheaper Klipsch gear, which I hope to replace in the coming year/years!

    Quote Originally Posted by SunByrne View Post
    What are you using for the covers over the speaker wire?
    This is the cord cover raceway kit:
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GPFDL1K

    One tip - if you overlap the top pieces with the bottom ones, the seams don't show nearly as much, which allowed me to leave off the square blocks they give you to connect the segments. This took the cord management solution from 'if you do this i'll divorce you' down to 'i hate this, but okay, whatever.' (It doesn't look any worse than track lighting...)

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