stereofanboy
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I like home decor and diy books and have a bunch of them from the '60s-'80s. Speakers the size of KLH Model 17s sideways on shelves are common in photos in these books. I remember seeing them like this in people's houses too.
Speakers any larger were usually on the floor or on tilted stands no taller than about six inches. The most common speaker shape was a rectangle up to about twice as tall as it was wide.
I don't know when speakers taller in relation to width started to be made, but I do know that Radio Shack sold "tower" speakers in the early '80s.
The choice of the word "tower" to describe such speakers has nothing to do with them being on the floor and everything to do with their height/width ratio being reminiscent of buildings called towers.
Most floorstanding speakers for the last twenty-five years have been tower speakers (hence this thread) but not much longer than that.
Speakers any larger were usually on the floor or on tilted stands no taller than about six inches. The most common speaker shape was a rectangle up to about twice as tall as it was wide.
I don't know when speakers taller in relation to width started to be made, but I do know that Radio Shack sold "tower" speakers in the early '80s.
The choice of the word "tower" to describe such speakers has nothing to do with them being on the floor and everything to do with their height/width ratio being reminiscent of buildings called towers.
Most floorstanding speakers for the last twenty-five years have been tower speakers (hence this thread) but not much longer than that.
