You can't do this. Spending $3000 on a speaker that you're going to put in a bookshelf is completely insane.
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ACI has custom versions of a number of their speaker where the crossover is tweaked to compensate for the baffle effect of being in a bookshelf. |
I'm using a pair of Harbeth HL-P3ES-2 monitor speakers in a similar situation. Although they are not inside a bookcase, they are sitting on the top shelf of a bookcase against wall corners. They are a sealed design and, I believe, are even marketed to some degree as 'bookshelf' speakers. Great sounding little speakers with a devoted (and well justified IMHO) following. |
Polk Audio LSIM 703 monitors are AMAZING !! I listened to a pair of these today and I was just blown away with any kind of music that was playing and I was shocked when I seen that they had these speakers hooked up to a cheap av Receiver and a cheap blu-ray player !.... To my ears, these speakers are one of the biggest bargains in all of audio... of all time !!... |
Sonus Faber Toy Speaker (monitors) - they deserve to be on the audition list. They are small, inexpensive, and beautiful sounding. I am listening to a pair right now and they do a great job of pulling me away from typing to listening. They are in a small room (about 8.5' x 10.5') which helps. The speakers are rear ported and proximity to the rear wall helps in their case. They are driven by a 30wpc tube amp, fyi. |
If the book case is fairly deep, I'd recommend the Daber Audio Monitor 2's. The word AMAZING comes to mind. I had been warming them up for a couple of days, just pushing low volume current through them 24/7,getting them a little broken in and getting my new Rega stuff all good and warm (Rega Brio R and Rega Apollo R) First cut: Adele's "Rolling in the the Deep". Soundstage was first thing i noticed, how the background vox were layered behind her lead Incredible!!! Then the bass presence: obviously not thunderous but on that particular cut the depth and resonance is there while still being ultra-tight; palpable and fantastic. Hard to believe that kind of bass can come out of a monitor so small! I've now changed to a small EL34 tube amp and they are even better. Amazing little speaker, and I see myself having them for life. I believe this speaker is a world beater. They're obviously not for rockers, but they are precise, realistic beyond words, and incredibly articulate. I know of no speaker under $1k that can touch the Monitor 2, and very few under $2k. WOW WOW WOW!!!!" |