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Floor standing or stand mounted bookshelves?

I am very close to springing for a new pair of Usher 6371s, with their X616 center. That said, I have limited space and my wife has voiced her preference for stand mounted bookshelves, as they are more diminutive and would be less imposing on the small room.

However, I pointed out to her that if we do stand mounted bookshelves, we are really going to need a subwoofer, a lot more than if we used floorstanding, and I have to agree we have very limited room for a subwoofer, I'd rather live with the floor standing.

My question though is whether a set of high end bookshelves + subwoofer can really provide the quality sound equal to a set of 2.5way floorstanding speakers like the Usher 6371s..

I will be using these speakers with my Arcam AVR-250 and a split of 50/50 for music and home theater..

Thoughts and opinions?
toysnob

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pabelson
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Well set up, two monitors and a sub can give you better quality than a pair of towers. But it depends on the speakers, your room, and how much flexibility your signif. other will grant you regarding furniture layout.

Bottom line: The only way to know is to try it out.
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