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Will you have any more space for bookshelves?

Despite the term "bookshelf speaker", most are intended to be used on stands in locations similar to floorstanders. A stand isn't going to save you significant space over your Paradigms and it's likely to end up in about the same spot. That means you gain little from the change.

If you put most standmount speakers into a bookshelf they aren't going to sound brilliant because they're going to be too close to the wall and not have the necessary free space around them. The bookcase may also cause problems if it vibrates as a result of vibration transmission from the speaker.

So, all in all, if you're going to make the change go cautiously. I can't recommend a particular speaker but I would avoid rear ported designs because of proximity of the wall to the port opening so that means considering sealed boxes or front ported designs, or something like one of the smaller Magneplanar models intended for wall mounting or an in wall speaker if you can use free wall space rather than a bookcase for mounting the speakers and are prepared to consider a HT speaker option.



David Aiken


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