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Bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf (Sad)

Ok, building new house wife killed my stereo ambitions with an awful built in tv console cabinet.  Room is large, there is Sonos in the ceiling and outdoor area so that’s fine for background.  She sold my B&W 802s when we moved but thinks the McIntosh stuff looks cool so that can stay.  MA352 int amp and a mt5 turntable.  I thought there was room for floor standing speakers next to the built in but sadly there isn’t room.  I can put a sub in, budget is whatever, but I don’t want want to turn 20k Focals into $4000 speakers buried on a bookshelf.  Any suggestions?  Thanks, Mark 

mduffy18d
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dekay
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Try something good/inexpensive to get you started.

The Sonus Faber speakers (linked) were designed with bookshelf placement in mind, plus they are nice looking and well received/reviewed.

They could always be used elsewhere once you are settled in and have a grip on the new room's sonics.

 

DeKay

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stereo5
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I would get rid of the cabinet and tell her it was stolen. My wife knew long before we were married that the stereo is my baby only. 

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dekay
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Then he would need something to cover the gaping void...

 

DeKay

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mduffy18d OP
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Hahahahahah!

 

thank you guys for all the help I need it.  I’ll be honest, it basically comes down to a free pass to drink and play golf every Friday-Sunday and she gets to design the house.  It’s not as bad as you thin. (We live on a golf course).  So I’m not a total P&%sy.

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There's so much discussion about the state of High End audio and the problems that plague it, from the state of the economy to changes in lifestyle, but I think that the biggest single enemy of the High End is women.

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