spec me: something height adjustable to balance a soundbar on

snow patrol · 7 Jul 2017 at 09:39

ok, bit of a strange one. Basically, I have a wall mounted samsung 55" tv, under which i used to have a typical media bench set up which concealed a couple of wall plugs.

However, i've now replaced the media bench with a vertical shelving unit which tucks beautifully into the corner of my lounge and houses all my media devices.

The aforementioned plugs are covered with a white desk top which fits perfectly under the tv and blends nicely in with the white wall. Obviously not a perfect solution, but genuinely isn't distracting at all and fits like a glove...and of course does the job of hiding wires/plugs!

HOWEVER

I've now decided i quite fancy a half decent soundbar. I don't want to wall mount it. So, I need to be able to place it on some sort of sturdy, height adjustable pedestal (i guess) so that i can bring it up to the level of the plug sockets below the TV and hopefully cover them. Does this make sense?

Any thoughts?

FurryLemon · 7 Jul 2017 at 11:21

floating shelf

hornetstinger · 7 Jul 2017 at 13:46

Typically you'll use the vesa bracket to attach it to your TV, it should be combined TV wall bracket & soundbar bracket.

It might be soundbar specific though. Any reason a soundbar and not 5.1 sound system?

Also white objects in a home cinema is not a good idea.

Buffman · 7 Jul 2017 at 15:16

Buy a new pedestal VESA TV mount and put soundbar underneath? Should cost about 40quid and Google will throw up a load of results.

snow patrol · 9 Jul 2017 at 08:22

thanks folks. I'm not really looking in install a shelf there, and i've dabbled with 5.1 / amp systems in the past but honestly that's not what i'm after at the moment for this space. Also, I don't want to have to replace my current vesa mount with another one. Sorry i'm being rather fussy aren't I?

I probably need to check out furniture type places...

hornetstinger · 9 Jul 2017 at 08:24

snow patrol said:
thanks folks. I'm not really looking in install a shelf there, and i've dabbled with 5.1 / amp systems in the past but honestly that's not what i'm after at the moment for this space. Also, I don't want to have to replace my current vesa mount with another one. Sorry i'm being rather fussy aren't I? I probably need to check out furniture type places...

I think you have to. If you google search your requirements, soundbar/flat screen/wall mount, pretty much combined screen and soundbar mount.

snow patrol · 9 Jul 2017 at 08:26

hornetstinger said:
I think you have to. If you google search your requirements, soundbar/flat screen/wall mount, pretty much combined screen and soundbar mount.

yeah, i've tried googling but didn't have much luck. There were one or two things but they seemed really expensive for what they were...