Real "Bookshelf" speaker 4 bookshelf or wall-mount

I don't beleive Lotusm50 or I am taling about placing a spekaer inside a bookcase or on top of an armoire, although I can see the practicality of that placement in many instances.

Rather, I am talking about either directly mounting the speaker to the wall (with either dedicated or generic mounts to do this), or placing the speaker on a dedicated shelf not much bigger than the speaker (and firmly mounted to the wall and at a proper height).

The prognosis, based on your assessments appears dire. Maybe I should stick to the Mirage Omnistats. Simply mounted to the wall (masonary mounting) as per Mirage's instructions, I have a pretty impressive soundstage and imaging. The soundstage goes well outside the bounds of the speaker positions, and there is very well-defined depth. I definately have images out in front of speakers, and sound that seems to come from deep in the wall. Seperation of sounds is distinct, and they all seem to have their own body or volume. I'm sure some of the crossover mods have helped, as has the Kora amp, in creating this. Maybe Mirage's basic design of the Omnistat nails the challenge of how to make a wall-mounted speaker perform. Instead of looking at a set of Revel M20's or similar monitors, perhaps I should just continue to tweak the Onmistats to continue to refine the sound (hmm, a pair of Alpha Core air core foil Inductors might do nicely)...

Any other thoughts on wall-mounted sound quality?
Many thanks.

Supposedly the Infinity Intermezzo 2.6 has a setting for wall-mount. Not sure, but worth looking into. Stereophile Class A and adjustable freq response for room fit.

Bookshelves are for books. Not for speakers. Never the twain should meet. There's no setting on a speaker that will save it (sonically) from the deleterious effects a wall of books will have. Don't waste your money on world class bookshelf speakers. Man, how anything can be (sound is the better word) world class sitting on a bookshelf is beyond me. Hey, do you think I feel strongly about this? peace, warren

Agree with Rich and Warren, but if you must use shelves then spendor s3/5s ca work quite well. They're sealed and have a nice tonal balance when stuck against a wall.
Of course they're better out into the room a bit, but at least they sound OK on the wall.

Warrenh- I'm glad you feel strongly about this, but you aren't really addressingthe situation I talking about. As I pointed out and clarified, I am talking about,

"directly mounting the speaker to the wall (with either dedicated or generic mounts to do this), or placing the speaker on a dedicated shelf not much bigger than the speaker (and firmly mounted to the wall and at a proper height)." Which is different than what you are going on about.

This is not about placing a speaker on a bookshelf with a wall of books. I would also suggest that saying, "Man, how anything can be (sound is the better word) world class sitting on a bookshelf is beyond me." Isn't really very enlightening or helpful. If would be good to know why you feel that to be true. Are you saying that a high-end speaker can not be designed to sound properly mounted on a wall, (or just on bookshelf with books)? What is the basis for your statement? Is there a technical analysis that supports it or have you just heard everything? Are you familiar with all the speakers available and their design goals and criteria? I would really like to know if there is a technical basis for your beliefs. Is there some law of physics out there that says it is impossible to design a speaker to sound properly mounted on a wall? Or is it that since you personally haven't seen or heard one it must be impossible?