BookShelf or Floor Standing Speakers


I have previously posted regarding buying bookshelf speakers.  Bookshelf is all I have ever owned.  I prefer speakers for two channel stereo listening.  I am thinking about buying floor standing. 

Has anyone had bookshelves for stereo listening and changed to floor standing?  I am afraid to make the change.  Do you think floor standing gives a better listening experience in stereo?  Can you turn them up very loud?
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Showing 1 response by millercarbon

A lot depends on how in love you are with your current speakers- especially if what you are mostly looking for is better/deeper bass. Floor standers will probably give you that, but not by a huge amount because there will still be only two of them. When it comes to bass what matters more than anything is having at least four widely spaced sources. So you may want to consider adding four subs, also known as a distributed bass array, or Swarm in this case. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/audiokinesis-swarm-subwoofer-system/

But if you are not that in love then you just need to do what you already know and search out as many contenders as you can find to audition.