Needed: Speaker mounts for Acoustic Research "The Edge" Speakers

When we moved into the house in 2002 we had a little over a week to prepare for Seder. In the hustle to prepare I managed to break the speaker mount for one of two speakers mounted in the dining room. Now, three years later, I'd like to either fix it or remove the speakers entirely.

So, I started hunting for Acoustic Research The Edge speakers. They're all over the place, but generally in outlets or last chance sales.

Hmmm...

Can't find an Acoustic Research home page.

Finally after massaging the search terms I was using I discovered Recoton apparently bought Acoustic Research. Check the Recoton homepage. Not very helpful.

Now, the three of you might be wondering why I don't just get generic speaker brackets. However, after digging around and comparing the back of the existing speakers with what I've found to be standard brackets, I realized that they're not going to work, not with these speakers.

I think, just maybe, I'll junk the speakers (well, remove from the wall and place somewhere not requiring a pretty mount).

But (and, this is for Todd to think about while he recovers), it reminded me of the problem inherent with many corporate web sites: they're run by the sales or marketing arm and are geared almost entirely to attracting new customers. Old customers? Could care less about them. Customers of a subsidiary you've assimilated? Could care even less.

Thing is, these are nice speakers. If I had even a remote clue about how to service them I'd consider buying more. But the only information you can find online is how to buy the closeout versions of the speakers (which I guess is a strong hint that they're not longer manufactured).