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Floorstanders vs Bookshelf

Looking for a bit of advice on whether a bookshelf or floorstanding speaker would be better. My room is 13’ x 43 but we sit only about 10’ away for TV watching (we could probably move the couch back a foot or 2 really). I’ve had some Dali Menuets on the wall and was happy with them but I want to move them up to another room. I tried some Monitor Audio Silver 300 and I like them when I am further out in the room working out or playing with the kids. But sitting down I find them giving me a headache, even at low volume. I listened to some Elac Carina speaker and found them to be more relaxing in the bookshelf version. I didn’t get to try the FS version. Any recommendations on what would be a better fit? My amp is a lyngdorf 1120.

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The room is only 13 feet wide.  We don't know where the system is located.

If it is at one end of the 43 feet dimension then the driven space is much less as viewed from the perspective of the listening seat.  This would be more so if the speakers were located on the 13 foot end wall.  While true 'bookshelf' speakers might be too small (think Goodmans Maxim, 10.5 inches high, a friend of mine had them in the 1960s, they sounded good with their backs tight against the wall), bigger stand mounted types could be fine.

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