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keilmillerjr:
Pictures would help.
jasonbar:

--- Quote from: keilmillerjr on December 26, 2013, 05:52:14 pm ---Pictures would help.

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Me? Pictures? See first post gallery link: http://s242.photobucket.com/user/infernolab/library/Sony_PVM-20N2U?sort=9&page=1

Thanks,
-Jason
Xiaou2:
You have plenty of room to work with...  Why not just build 2 boxes on either side of the monitor and affix them to it?   IMO, its far better to have sound that is like Candy to the ears... than to have eye-candy speakers... that sound like crap.

 And or if you are worried about the kids beating the speakers up... then just mount some speakers higher up on the walls, or ceiling... pointed diagonally downwards.  You can fish the wires into the wall.. or, use stick-on wall strip cable-hiders.

 Edit:  Id also recommend building a non-tip framework for the monitor.  If a small kid pulls that monitor off its corner... he could end up with a sheared appendage.   By making a monitor box, you would solve the safety issue, having screws driven into the base..   as well as the speaker issue.   And, you could add a (adjustable level) diagonal tilt to the monitor... , as if its too high from their sitting position, ..your kids will get neck strains.. similar to sitting in the front row of the movie theater.   Its also known to cause headaches if the monitor you are viewing, isnt on the same plane angle as your eyes... because you eyes have to keep re-focusing at different distances constantly.

jasonbar:
Thanks for the input & good ideas, however, I have counter-arguments that I didn't spell out in my first post:

Build boxes? Short on time. Would much rather use an existing product & mount it.

Mount speakers on walls/ceiling. I did that on my main living room AV system & in homes past, but I want this monitor to be self-contained & able to lift it as one unit, just like a TV. Right now, those wing speakers look like convenient handles that will be ripped off if used as handles.

Monitor is totally earthquake-proofed--thanks for bringing that up. Earthquake-strapped to both cabinets. It's solid--almost too solid--I couldn't even undo the straps the other day--I may need to slide out both pieces of furniture to once again access the back of that monitor.  =O

I'll be in this home for only 1 more year, so I'm not planning on any grand projects, just cleaning up the existing monitor/speaker concept.


Thanks for the input.
-Jason
BadMouth:
My old driving cab had Logitech x series speakers with the bases removed.
They were held on by a single screw into the side.
It wouldn't be too hard to run a bolt or multiple bolts through.


EDIT: slightly different style:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-X-540-3-Computer-Surround-Sound-Speakers-LEFT-RIGHT-MIDDLE-/261359675974?pt=US_Computer_Speakers&hash=item3cda402a46

Of course they'd still need to be powered and won't sound that full without a sub.

Not exactly sleek, but for something self contained with some bass, I was impressed by these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genius-SP-HF1800A-2-0-Speaker-System-50-W-RMS-Black-20-Hz-20-kHz-31730936100-/251280582388?pt=US_Computer_Speakers&hash=item3a817d66f4
They are bigger than you'd think.  15" tall.  More bookshelf speakers than standard PC size.
The cabinets are wood on the sides and back; plenty to screw or bolt into.
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