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Mini Monitors: Stands Vs Shelf Questions

#1 Do you think there a price cutoff point at which one should generally conclude, "These monitors are too fine/expensive to be compromised by putting in a shelf as opposed to dedicated stands?

#2 Regarding monitors with rear bass ports, are there any really good devices for wall mounting which will allow the speaker around 18"-30" out from the wall behind it and angle it to direct downward at the listener from an "unorthodox" height (say 48" to 80" tweeter height) and would this type of configuration provide sonic quality "close" to what one would expect using dedicated stands?

Thanks again.......Still weighing options for a computer room/office measuring 9.5' x 12' where the speakers must reside high up on the short wall.
lg1
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riley804
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With all due respect, I think you have ask this same question several different ways and members of this site have given their suggestions. Not sure what else you are looking for.....

While you obviously dont have the ideal room for speaker location, have you looked at something like this :

http://www.htmarket.com/om10lbcespmo.html

http://www.surroundsolutions.com/cgi-bin/surroundsolutions.cgi/0431.html

This would let you angle the speaker and would let you get it far enough from the wall(s).
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tpreaves
2,686 posts
 
Price has nothing to do with question #1.
No where near close for question #2.
Ditto what Riley said:
With all due respect, I think you have ask this same question several different ways and members of this site have given their suggestions. Not sure what else you are looking for.....
lg1 OP
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Thanks very much for the links and input. As for the hint that I may have wasted bandwidth here, I beg to differ. A series of related questions which were spaced over time so as to avoid multiple posts per page when possible were answered thoughtfully and have enabled me to narrow my choices considerably. May I suggest those who truly feel closely related topics are a waste of forum space not waste forum space by further reply. This way more bandwidth is freed up for those less troubled by clarification topics as well as for those who favor the quick and concise "get it right the first time" queries.
riley804
1,224 posts
 
Your welcome for the links .

As far as wasting bandwith space, neither one of us mentioned this, so not sure where this is coming from.

A series of related questions which were spaced over time

3-24-10

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1269452021

3-15-10

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1268708988

3-2-10

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1267586832

2-20-10

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1266688504

My point is that you have basically asked this same question a few times....sure you might have changed the wording around a bit, but in the end, its still the same question.

While I am not saying it cant be done, but getting something "right the first" time in this hobby doesnt happen all that often.


Your best option is to buy a pair of speakers and try them out...and from there you can decide if they will work or not. If they dont work, then try the next pair....and keep going til you find the ones that work.
lg1 OP
199 posts
 
..."My point is that you have basically asked this same question a few times....sure you might have changed the wording around a bit, but in the end, its still the same question."...

Why is there a need to point this out? Have I run afoul of Audiogon forum guidelines here? Any moderator online who can verify yes or no?
riley804
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Have I run afoul of Audiogon forum guidelines here?

Certainly not.

You can go to a car dealership and ask the salesman 100 questions regarding a car that you might be interested in, but you wont know how it drives until you get behind the wheel and test drive it.

Pretty much the same thing here. So, why not take the plunge and buy a speaker that you are interested in and listen to how it sounds ?

I just dont see why you are over thinking this
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