Magnepan positioning


I've been looking at Maggies (online, not at a dealer, nobody around me has them), and I was wondering if it is possible to mount them on a wall. Building a bracket or stand to pull them about six inches off wouldn't be a problem for me, but I was just wondering what I lose by putting them up on the wall. The MC1s are intended for wall mounting, and I have a subwoofer (Infinity CSW-10) to take care of the bottom end. My room is small (15x10), so those giant obtrusive panels 4 feet into the room are slightly out of the question. Would this combo give me a better sound (mostly rock, jazz, classical) than floorstanders or monitors? If I built a bracket to pull them off the wall a bit, are there any construction guidelines I should follow? If you haven't noticed, I'm pretty much building my first decent system; right now I have an HK receiver, Infinity Alpha 50 towers, the previously mentioned sub, and the sub is the only thing I'm happy with. Thanks!
specgamer24cb
Not to discourage you but with a small room like yours I would stick with conventional box speakers. I own 3.6s and I can attest to the fact that Maggies need room; the distance to the front wall being, in my view, the most critical. There are so many great box speakers of every size and price that I am sure you could find ones that would give you all you want and need. Try to audition a pair of 3A De Capos with any decent integrated amp or maybe an all REGA system like I heard a couple of shows ago in Montreal. Good luck.
Total waste of a magnepan. If you can't give them at least 4 ft. of space from the wall behind them, don't even bother.

Oz
2 other points not mentioned:
1-if you build brackets, it will be quite hard to adjust them and maggies are hard to position for a sweet spot to begin with.
2-Maggies love power. Very few receivers can put out enough wattage to make maggies "sing". I wouldn't consider less than 100 watts but am sure that all will agree that 200 or more is great. The HK simply won't be able to cut it with that demand.
I use Maggies for 2-channel and surround and agree: they need lots of clean power and room behind them to sound their best. I move them out 4-5 ft for 2-channel and leave them about 2 ft from the wall for surround. You may be best with box speakers, good luck.