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Why bookshelf rather than floor-standers??

botrytis said:
Not always - Treatments and synergy are the key. I have heard some big speakers in small rooms that were jaw dropping. It does take work, but it can be done.
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You are the same guy that says that two 8in woofers have more cone area than one 12in woofer....
 
DavidZak said:
I think this makes great case for owning quality Bookshelves. Not written by me.
Your little car gets in and out of traffic better than minivans or monster trucks. Your little dog runs rings around the other dogs at the park. Maybe it's time to get a couple of little loudspeakers, too?

Little speakers deserve consideration not because they sell for little prices—although some of them do—but because they're nimble, they're fast, and they get out of the way of the music they play. That last characteristic can be crucial to listeners for whom stereo imaging is important: A small speaker has less cabinetry to diffract and delay high-frequency spatial information, and a small box is better than a large one at approximating an acoustically ideal point source. But a small enclosure also stores less energy than a large one, which itself translates into cleaner, clearer sound.
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You do like those little boxes don't you ..
But big dogs eat little dogs, and little cars get stuck in the mud under those big trucks ..
Endless compromises ..
Evening Mister ..
And I just took those little PSB ported boxes with their metal drivers and threw them back on the pile in the basement last nite ..
Back to a relatively small unported, 8" two-way Snell with paper cone drivers and lottsa power ..
Damn all resonances..
(In the PSB's defense it is a fairly lively room which is doing them no favors, and I SET them in the pile in the basement)
 
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Back to a relatively small unported, 8" two-way Snell with paper cone drivers and lottsa power ..
Damn all resonances..[/QUOTE]

I'm still searching for two 8" vifa drivers for my Snell E3's. I'd love to hear what they sound like with the proper drivers.
 
About that concert level sound thing. It's easy to exceed that at home if a person's not careful. I don't think it's a measure of good anything.
I'm sure my little 80 watt receivers using my old 98 db sensitive speakers can damage my good ears in a matter of minutes. Even the most aggressive outdoor concerts need more than a few minutes to accomplish that task. Simple statement, but still...……….
The smallest speakers I have are 24 inches tall. Play down to 30 hz. They don't do the pipe organ justice, but do play everything else to my satisfaction.
And yes it's all about were I put them. And my 3 foot tall box speakers still need to be raised 2 feet.
 
I run both and at the end of the day I enjoy both equally. :D

Is this the same horse from the EQ and cable threads? Oh I forgot about the 1 watt horse :rolleyes:
 
When I swapped from big planar dipoles to really big box speakers, for a week in between I temporarily set up a pair of nice bookshelves. Same locations in the same room. Sure, they all sounded a little different. But since they were all pretty decent quality, and I use subwoofers, it didn't take long for my brain to get used to them and just enjoy the music.

Biggest difference was where the volume knob was set, due to different sensitivity, and how very loud they could be pushed without complaining.
 
They both have a place in the wide wide world of audio, although, you can get a lot more pairs bookshelf speakers crammed into a smaller room.
 
jcamero said:
They both have a place in the wide wide world of audio, although, you can get a lot more pairs bookshelf speakers crammed into a smaller room.
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No doubt, after recently buying a couple of pairs of bookshelf speakers (for two different rooms) I have to admit that I've fallen victim to a bit of "speaker lust," and I'm working hard to resist the temptation to buy a second pair of bookshelf speakers for my main room, have both hooked up and be able to switch between the two (I have the A and B speakers on my amp already taken up, but I could buy a speaker switcher box) and have two distinctly different sounds to play with. The idea would be that this second pair would have much different characteristics than the ones I already own... Nonetheless, so far, I've been doing pretty well holding back this rather ridiculous urge to buy that second pair of speakers...
 
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Aaron Hayman said:
No doubt, after recently buy a couple of pairs of bookshelf speakers (for two different rooms) I have to admit that I've fallen victim to a bit of "speaker lust," and I'm working hard to resist the temptation to buy a second pair of bookshelf speakers for my main room, have both hooked up and be able to switch between the two (I have the A and B speakers on my amp already taken up, but I could buy a speaker switcher box) and have two distinctly different sounds to play with. The idea would be that this second pair would have much different characteristics than the ones I already own... Nonetheless, so far, I've been doing pretty well holding back this rather ridiculous urge to buy that second pair of speakers...
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You trouble maker :-) You just gave a great idea to buy more bookshelf speakers . Currently using Klipsch rb600's and a svs sub .
 
JD#7 said:
You trouble maker :) You just gave a great idea to buy more bookshelf speakers . Currently using Klipsch rb600's and a svs sub .
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I have Elac Debut 6.2s with a Energy sub. I didn't actually get to demo these with other speakers because I bought them used through Craigslist, but I went on good reviews. Those Klipsch rb600s are a bit more expensive, but also kind of in the same class and also well reviewed. Each of these are supposed to be very different and honestly, if I could get a second set to play with (which I've sworn to myself that I won't!) It likely would be those Klipschs. The Elacs then would be the ones for jazz and more subtle acoustic music and the Klipschs for rock/pop type stuff... though I wouldn't be surprised if I liked them for music vice/versa of that... One never knows.

I wonder how you like those Klipsch rb600s...?
 
Those speakers would never fit in my 10ftx12ft room. Even height wise they wont fit as my ceilings are low. lol
 
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