Gavin:
I can only offer common sense advice from using/placing small Braun wall mounted speakers in the late 70's.
I had pretty much a clean rectangular room to work with, which meant that locating the speakers for best sound was a mind boggling task.
I pulled a couple of 2" x 12" x 8' planks out of storage (cheap 2 x 4's would have worked) and used these to play around with placement (including height).
This did not give me a completely accurate representation of how the speakers would sound when finally affixed to the wall, but it was close enough. Bass and clarity increased with wall mounting VS the planks wedged against the wall with crates of LP's to secure them.
The Braun brackets pinched the speakers @ their tops/bottoms (not certain how the Linn brackets function). Adjusting the tension of the brackets (beyond just securing them @ a certain angle) would alter the tone of the speakers, which made this another adjustment to the balance channels and and the overall sound.
Having others hold the speakers in various positions (tried this first) did not work as the speakers sounded poorly in all positions. The brackets/speakers need to be fixed to something of mass (like a wood plank).
I can only offer common sense advice from using/placing small Braun wall mounted speakers in the late 70's.
I had pretty much a clean rectangular room to work with, which meant that locating the speakers for best sound was a mind boggling task.
I pulled a couple of 2" x 12" x 8' planks out of storage (cheap 2 x 4's would have worked) and used these to play around with placement (including height).
This did not give me a completely accurate representation of how the speakers would sound when finally affixed to the wall, but it was close enough. Bass and clarity increased with wall mounting VS the planks wedged against the wall with crates of LP's to secure them.
The Braun brackets pinched the speakers @ their tops/bottoms (not certain how the Linn brackets function). Adjusting the tension of the brackets (beyond just securing them @ a certain angle) would alter the tone of the speakers, which made this another adjustment to the balance channels and and the overall sound.
Having others hold the speakers in various positions (tried this first) did not work as the speakers sounded poorly in all positions. The brackets/speakers need to be fixed to something of mass (like a wood plank).