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What's the objection to Floor Standing Speakers?

Why do, and its generally women, prefer bookshelf speakers over floor standing EVEN if the bookshelf is going on the floor on a stand, thereby taking up almost EXACTLY the same space in the room?
I've always been amazed at this--two speakers, identical in width and depth, with only height as the differential, are presented to the fair lady, who instantly picks the bookshelf WITH stands, making it occupy the EXACT SAME KILL ZONE FLOOR TO CEILING AS THE FLOORSTANDER.
Why is this--when price is not the determining factor--of course given a price difference which IS meaningful, the answer is obvious, but when NOT--WHY?
Seeking opinions to this very old question that plagues the industry and allows Bose Lifestyles to still breathe our precious air.

Larry
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mapman
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I object more to size and weight as obstacles to have to deal with than I do floor stander or not.

Most but not all good floor standers also happen to be bigger and heavier, and thereby also harder or less convenient to deal with.

Many people do not have large rooms also and monitors tend to work very well there in general compared to floor standers. Some floor standers work well in this case as well but many do not.
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Tvad nailed it.

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everest_audio
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Yes, I do believe Tvad got it right. With a number of brands I've dealt with now, or in the past, a small floorstander usually has a smaller footprint than the standmounter in the same line once it is placed on a good stand. It's definitely a visual thing. I really don't get it myself. Visually a floorstander will hide the speaker cable better too than something like a single post speaker stand if seeing the speaker cable is an issue.
blkadr
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Most floorstanders have traditionally been less than what could be considered attractive. Many recent designs are much more aesthetic friendly. My wife loves our PMC FB1s. Allows me to set up my Klipsch Forte IIs.
I have always prefered the look of standmounts, I always had a soft spot for Totem Ones. Some newer floorstanders are pretty nice looking these days.
Its easier to control the resonances of a small box, so a flooestander has its own inherent problems if not designed very carefully.
lrsky OP
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yeah, yeah, yeah,
(Does this make me the 5th Beatle?)
Anyway,
BULLSHIT, BULLSHIT, ad nauseaum, ad infinitum...
The space to the ceiling is dead, DEAD, DEAD, so what is the ACTUAL difference.
(Please TVAD, even Chris won't allow you to grow a vagina here and answer, 'well, the space is overwhelmingly negative, as it relates to...BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...it's to the ceiling if its as tall as a speaker on a stand, dammittt!
MANUPP GUYSSSSS!!!

LARRY
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