Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
To address Blue Shadow question about 2'x1'x1' basic size speakers floor standers?( KLH fives are a little larger than that. ) IMO, If the choice of clasificaton is bookshelf or floor stander, would call them floor standers. Never seen a shelf big enough for one. Granted they should have an angled base stand at minimum.
I hope the KLH five recommendations are accurate. I'm rebuilding a pair.
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I had AR-5s on the shelf in the dorm in college. That is a big bookshelf same size as the AR-2-series speakers. I consider any box speaker a bookshelf unless it is designed to be on the floor and as you stated they are NOT and need a stand, shelf, cinder blocks, corner of a desk or other chunk of furniture to lift em off the floor so they sound right. Think of all the people around the world listening to these large bookshelf speakers sitting on the floor with horrible boomy bass response and highs that hit em in the knees. Calling these floorstanders is a disservice to the audio less-literate, leading them to believe the speaker is supposed to be on the floor. Maybe we need to make the determination and put that info out there as AK standards. Look at all the ak rigs with those type speakers on the floor instead of raised and or tilted up to listening level.