Bookshelf speakers can work!


I don’t post here much so please take in stride that fact. I’ve loved music systems since I was 10, and I am 67.   I’ve heard many times that speakers in bookshelves are wrong. All I want to say is that I’m listening to a beautiful wall of sound in my space with Von Schweikert VR-1 speakers and an REL sub and the speakers disappear leaving a seamless wall of sound with height, width and depth. For those of you with limited rooms or secondary rooms like mine with long walls in front of you especially with tall ceilings, pick the right speakers properly positioned in the bookshelves and it can be a fabulous soundstage. Pick either closed speakers or front ported ones designed for bookshelves. Fix the height at or slightly above your ear level and at at a 45 degree angle for most speakers to the listening position. Could it be better on stands out in the room?  Absolutely. But it’s still damn good this way too. Don’t limit yourself with dogma!
tgrisham
bookshelf speakers can sound absolutely great, especially if implemented well with supporting subwoofers... but invariably not with the speakers sitting on bookshelves!
no worries, many paths of sonic bliss in this pursuit

i should probably have said... "bookshelf speakers sound best properly placed, on stands, in room, away from boundaries - but that doesn't mean the right bookshelf models can't sound darned good placed otherwise!!"

cheers and enjoy!!

Yes I have always been partial to stand mount speakers. Course I have used them in modestly sized rooms acoustically treated. One's I have owned (own) provided great soundstage/imaging and dynamics.  

Well suited for those with smaller space and budget. With care towards placement and associated components one can put together a budget system that sounds much more.