Soldato
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Hey folks,
I had a Sony 55" TV Mounted above the fireplace in the lounge (the fireplace is not used) it was fine, and the bracket is a swivel/tilt type on so you can adjust it like that etc.
Anyhow, I have since replaced the TV with a newer model, albeit exact dimensions as the old one etc, but decided to order a soundbar whilst I was at it, as I had problems hearing vocal elements in films and ended up doing the whole 'turn up for speech, turn down when loud elements occur!' so hopefully a soundbar will improve that.
The question is, there was a gap (that I stupidly forgot to measure properly) between the top of the mantelpiece (which is what the soundbar would sit on) and the bottom of the TV, the gap was, either 5.5cm or 7.5cm but no more than that (I know, I know I should know the exact, I took the tv down before measuring it!)
No soundbar would have fit underneath it, as the gap was too small, so I wanted to raise the bracket a little.
The soundbar is this one;
http://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/au...-virtual-surround-systems/yas-105/?mode=model
According the specs, measurements are;
890 X 131 X 59 mm (with spacer);
890 X 53 X 131 mm (without spacer)
I have no idea what a spacer is, but I am trying to work out how much higher to raise the existing bracket, to accommodate the soundbar underneath without it being too tight, or too big a gap.
If we say it was 5.5cm, as I don't think 2cm is going to cause any issue either way, I thought about drilling the holes 12cm above the existing ones, so that will raise the TV by 12cm, so 17.5cm (or 19.5"cm!) above the mantelpiece compared to before.
Is that too large a gap? I think the spacer is something to do with wall mounting the soundbar, which, if the gap is too big, I guess would be the way to hide that, alternatively I could make the holes less high and just rest it on the top of the mantelpiece, what would anyone advise?
(I am generally useless at these things as you can probably guess
)
I had a Sony 55" TV Mounted above the fireplace in the lounge (the fireplace is not used) it was fine, and the bracket is a swivel/tilt type on so you can adjust it like that etc.
Anyhow, I have since replaced the TV with a newer model, albeit exact dimensions as the old one etc, but decided to order a soundbar whilst I was at it, as I had problems hearing vocal elements in films and ended up doing the whole 'turn up for speech, turn down when loud elements occur!' so hopefully a soundbar will improve that.
The question is, there was a gap (that I stupidly forgot to measure properly) between the top of the mantelpiece (which is what the soundbar would sit on) and the bottom of the TV, the gap was, either 5.5cm or 7.5cm but no more than that (I know, I know I should know the exact, I took the tv down before measuring it!)
No soundbar would have fit underneath it, as the gap was too small, so I wanted to raise the bracket a little.
The soundbar is this one;
http://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/au...-virtual-surround-systems/yas-105/?mode=model
According the specs, measurements are;
890 X 131 X 59 mm (with spacer);
890 X 53 X 131 mm (without spacer)
I have no idea what a spacer is, but I am trying to work out how much higher to raise the existing bracket, to accommodate the soundbar underneath without it being too tight, or too big a gap.
If we say it was 5.5cm, as I don't think 2cm is going to cause any issue either way, I thought about drilling the holes 12cm above the existing ones, so that will raise the TV by 12cm, so 17.5cm (or 19.5"cm!) above the mantelpiece compared to before.
Is that too large a gap? I think the spacer is something to do with wall mounting the soundbar, which, if the gap is too big, I guess would be the way to hide that, alternatively I could make the holes less high and just rest it on the top of the mantelpiece, what would anyone advise?
(I am generally useless at these things as you can probably guess
)
Although to be fair the height was fine, as our sofa is quite far back from the screen.