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Placing bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf
If you indeed HAD to place your bookshelf size speakers on a bookshelf, in an entertainment center, or on top of a cabinet that was DEEP (say 2 feet or so), and assuming you're going to place them at ear listening level, where's the best place to put them with respect to the front of the shelf/cabinet?
Would it make a difference if they were on small stands?
-joe