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great and small bookshelf speaker-

This is what I need:
A speaker (front-ported?) that will not suffer too much for being on a shelf-
Less than a foot tall- and something that one might not feel the need to add a sub (very subjective) $1000-1500 new or used-
Reward to anyone supplying information leading to a conviction-
seriously, I will make a killer compilation of your favorite kind of music to the person who helps me get this right-
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tgrisham
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You might audition the Von Schweikert VR-1. I have them sitting in bookshelves and they sound almost as good as they do on stands. Very realistic and believable soundstage.
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patk
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I recently had the same criteria. For less than a foot tall you could look at the following:
B&W CM1 $900 new, port can be plugged, I believe.
ProAc Tablette Reference 8 - @ $1400 new.
Dynaudio Focus 110 - @1400 new.

All are rear port. Don't know how deep your shelf is to interact with the rear ports.

At the size you are looking at, if ported it will be located on the rear. Not much room left in the front. Or sealed. I believe the Spendor S3/5 and Harbeth P3 are just at 12".

Don't know your associated equipment, but these are some I looked at with my solid state (Naim) gear.

Hope this helps.
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