You can put these speakers on a desk mount them on the wall or place them on a shelf.
How should bose 161 speakers be wall mounted.
They work with your stereo receiver but can also serve as front or surround speakers in a component home theater setup.
Both bose 151 and bose 161 can be mounted vertically or horizontally.
This video may guide you through the installation.
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Mount bracket part a to the wall and mount bracket part b to the rear of the speaker figure 3.
On wall mounted table top.
This will occur because these and similar speakers throw the sound out in more than one direction and in order to do so the sides need to be unrestricted by any type of solid surface.
If you plan to feed wires through the wall mark the speaker wire pilot hole also.
But if you prefer the most compact and lightweight option bose 161 seems to be the better option.
The answer is yes you can mount them vertically right next to your audio video components but you will lose the whole room filling quality that make these such a great buy.
They are complicated to install.
Bose speaker and their bracket as well are not really well made.
Bose 161 white overview and full product specs on cnet.
Drill holes for the chosen mounting hardware.
They are quite flexible and versatile in terms of installation.
Secure the speaker with bracket part b to bracket part a using screw c.