BEST SPEAKERS For You: BOOKSHELF Speakers or TOWER Speakers?

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BEST SPEAKERS For You: BOOKSHELF Speakers or TOWER Speakers? Is One Better for HIFI & HOME THEATER? Which is the BEST SPEAKERS for Home Theater or HIFI sound system? We break down the differences between BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS and TOWER SPEAKERS.

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Tower Speakers may attract a lot of attention from audiophiles and hifi enthusiasts but are floorstanding loudspeakers better? If you're a home theater enthusiast, or are looking to build a home theater speaker system you may be better off with bookshelf speakers. Speaker companies such as Sonos and Bose have become popular with their small bookshelf speaker designs. Though JBL has made a name for itself over the years with big, bold, tower speakers. So which type of speaker is best?

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[witofthestaircase]

I’m writing this 4 years after the event but i only just now viewed and found it incredibly helpful

[mph]

I personally prefer floor standing, but a lot of that is visual. I don’t want to put my speakers in a cabinet or behind a door. Likewise, I don’t hide my components. That may not be as clean a look, but seeing my stuff is important to me. I like the lights, the dancing VU meters, etc. It’s kind of the same reason I prefer vinyl. I want to hold it in my hand and see the visual artwork of the album jacket. There’s simply something I enjoy about frankly the extra effort it takes. Just me. Everyone’s mileage varies.

[levijessegonzalez]

Your production is smooth and relaxing... reminds me of a segment on NPR or something!

[psilver]

We were living in an apartment with low budget so I got a 7.1 Onkyo "all in one" system. Fast forward to a few years ago, we finally bought our own house and used the same system. It was a bit bigger room but still tight. I always wanted floor standing speakers thinking it will improve the soundstage and overall performance but sacrifice precious space. Before I could pull the trigger on new speakers, I decided to play with the placement of the speakers and realized how low they were on the ground. After repositioning the three front speakers, wow, what a difference! and I didn't even sacrifice space. as much as I think floor standing speakers look, it is just impractical in our situation. I can't believe that positioning can greatly impact performance, no need to spend more money. Maybe better bookshelf speakers and amp in the future but everybody that comes to our home ALWAYS praises our home theater and turntable. I'm always thinking, it's a cheap system and we invested the money instead over the years but wow, I still smile whenever I turn on our "low end" setup.

[peerguy]

Thanks for the detailed video. I love bookshelves and separate subs. Current setup:
2 Kef R3 for left and right
Kef R2C for center
2 REL HT 1508 Subs
Emotiva XPA DR3 amp

Expansion when budget permits:

4 Kef in walls for surround
4 Kef on wall for height
Emotiva XPR amp to power 8 speakers

[surfmorworkless]

This is the first time I’ve understood the meaning of full range in context of speakers. Yes I’m a hi-fi noob. Thank you for clearing things up for me in this video. 🙂

[jonm]

I find that when the subject of speakers is being discussed, the room size is not considered enough. Most normal houses rooms are 4m x 5m or slightly bigger (or smaller) ! This means that a majority of tower loudspeakers are too big . They need to be away from walls, and so they are far too close and big to the listener. I read lots of speakers reviews, and the suggested room size is very rarely mentioned.

[marcc]

I am an older guy that has been around audio gear for a pretty long time and thus have had the pleasure of owning many pieces: Threshold, Conrad-Johnson, Forte, Classe Audio, Meridian, Wadia, Musical Concepts, Marantz, Snell, Thiel, Vandersteen, Wilson, to name a few .... I really enjoy your videos, how you express yourself in them, the information given and the calm, even tone you use ... thank you ... greetings from Texas 🤠

[J_Film]

Bookshelf speakers: appear cheaper but when factoring in cost of stands may be as or more expensive than tower speakers. However, they allow you to separate the bass output with a dedicated subwoofer which may be optimal for your space.


Tower speakers are typically more power as they are larger and offer the convenience of an all-in-one solution. However, this reduces flexibility of moving the bass around the room.

There. That's all the content of this 15 min video in a few sentences. Sorry but this felt reeaallly stretched out for more view time.

[davehill]

I owned a set of Camber book shelf speakers for years, had a wonderful cross over in it and served me well. Over the years I changed it up a bit and bought Mission m71i's which are floor standing. Twin 6 inch and a horn. They are very narrow and really deep with a back hole on em. After 10 years I am still enjoying them, be it listening to music or watching movies. Great video and keep em coming

[SerphCyper]

This was very insightful. I must know, what are those speaker stands shown at 4:24 of the video. I've been looking for stands with a very small base for weeks now. If these ones In the video aren't available anywhere do you guys have any recommendations. "6 - "8 bases would be preferable.

[internalmartialpath]

The reason why I'm looking at this video is exactly for what you are saying at the end. I always had big floorstanding loudspeakers. Now I'm looking at this video to see if I might miss something if I'm downscaling for bookshelves. Thanks for the video, it's all clear now

[richgrao]

I do not quite get why you would buy bookshelf speakers, then get stands that take up the same or more floor space as a tower (ex. Q Acoustics) and then still need a subwoofer to get the same amount of bass as the tower? Now I have had and have both, and use book shelves then and now in spaces where towers just would not work, but given the space, I would always tend more to towers. Thoughts?

[IVAT]

I recently swapped my 20 year old floor standers for a pair of Dali Menuet SE bookshelf speakers, and my, how they have not only changed the look of our interior, but more important, the sound! Admittedly, we have a small sitting area, but the sound of these small speakers is really excellent, good bass, mediums and highs. Happy to mention they flawlessly passed the Tidal playlist you shared some time ago :) Thanks for your very informative videos, you both!

[bullmeister]

ALERT: Do NOT play a drinking game where you take a shot every time he says “bookshelf loudspeaker.”

[o.c.g.m]

Just traded my Klipsch RP 8000Fs for RP-600Mii's. I love how my bass feels coming from my sub rather than my towers n sub

[MarsorryIckuatuna]

Ah, I love this video. I’ve never known the difference when people talk about full range speakers, or why I’d need big speakers up front compared bookshelf speakers. Audio nerds rarely explain things to us noobs 😅

[Foxictoxic-wyru]

Bookshelf speakers clear sound.Floor standing speakers for big rooms😊

[jensmuller]

Just got the Buchard Audio S400 Bookself and I am loving them big time