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There are monitors and then there are mini-monitors

The BBC used the LS3/5 mini-monitor for small studio work. It saves space.

These kind of speakers have been called "mini-monitors", "bookshelf speakers", "stand mounted speakers", and I don't care what you want to call them. They're small speakers.

They were first noted for their strength in imaging compared to the larger monitors in the early days. But it stuck as a "rule" as the way to achieve better imaging. Floor standers can do better, but the design needs to be aware of longer baffles vertically as well. That does not help for imaging. So those stepped boxes from B&W and Vandersteen (uncovered) look like small speakers standing on larger speakers for minimal baffle area. The small baffle idea simply was demonstrated by those early small speakers.

-Kurt

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