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Help Select an True Bookshelf Speaker

My son loves his music, and TV, and is not what we would describe as an audiophile. We are in search of speakers that are actually made to sit on bookshelves. So many speakers are rear ported and would not work well. Who out there is using, or have heard, models that are suitable for shelves. Oh, he does not want to break the bank.

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stanleylocke
235 posts
 

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650102591-epos-k1i-satin-white/

charles7
108 posts
 

Can you mount them on top of a piece of furniture so that there is more open space behind them? I tilt mine down to the listener's ears. Just put one or two rubber doorstops under them. Sound is excellent.

 

doni
355 posts
 

LS3/5a’s.

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stereosanctity
73 posts
 

NHT SuperZero or SuperOne.
Inexpensive, compact, not rear ported.

bassdude
495 posts
 

Only alternative for a true bookshelf speaker with no rear port:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8_1PFUAaU&ab_channel=CharlesKeng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpIYFWDfQ8&ab_channel=MyHifiNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up6ZpOGt66E&ab_channel=CharlesKeng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQYP2Qm2pAw&ab_channel=MinhHoanVu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFRAoSSsv8g&ab_channel=MyHifiNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDYgTI-czog&t=51s&ab_channel=TMRAudio

With a rear port / passive radiator:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8A_0z_hLQ&ab_channel=%C4%90%E1%BB%A9cM%E1%BA%A1nhAudio-Gi%E1%BA%A3iTr%C3%ADKh%C3%B4ngGi%E1%BB%9BiH%E1%BA%A1n

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DgNqgVGrTo&ab_channel=HiFiFan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apn-LzZEBdY&ab_channel=StereoChannel

But may need a sub(s) with either to warm it up a bit...

 

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