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Bookshelf Speakers in Ceiling Corners?

This is for the living room, where the combination of toddler destruction and spousal negotiation has landed me here: speakers lying sideways, each on its own shelf against the front wall, about 8 inches down from the ceiling and 8 inches in from either side wall. The associated equipment is good enough, but not great: Arcam A65+ Integrated and an older NAD cdp. I only expect this to be a good mid-fi system, a setup for mostly acoustic music that sounds detailed at low-to-medium listening levels without muddy, booming bass. Ideally, I would like to pair whatever ends up in those corners with a musical sub and call it a day for $500-600. Can it be done? Thanks for your thoughts.
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tobias
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The positioning is very tough. If you want to avoid boom you'll need to avoid large (and even medium-sized) woofers and anything back-ported unless it's been specifically designed to work up against the wall.

If it were me I would email George Short at North Creek and ask him if the North Creek Echo would work in this application.

http://www.northcreekmusic.com/

Another thing I would do is reconsider the sub. For lasting satisfaction, that money would probably be better spent on upping the quality of the main speakers.
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