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Speaker Placement

I have a dilemma: recently we finished a remodel of our family room. I would now like to purchase a 2 channel system. The trouble is, the furniture in the room takes up virtually all the space. The only place that i see that I could place speakers is on top of an entertainment credenza on either side of an LCD. The amount of space there is 6-7 inches on each side. I was hoping to fit some totem model ones there, but I wonder: is it a waste of $ to put these fine speakers so close together and on top of the same piece of furniture? In other words, is this kind of p[placement so degrading to the sound that I might as well just go for cheap speakers and a cheap receiver?
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dcstep
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Do you sit down and listen seriously at times? If so, consider sticking with the Totems, but moving them out into the room traffic pattern when you do serious listening, then move them back. I so something similar with my Vienna Acoustic Beethoven Baby Grands. When I'm listening casually it doesn't matter that they're too close together; however, I move into serious listening mode by moving them out, toeing them in and raking them back.

If you never sit down to listen seriously, then go with something more ordinary. The powered AudioEngine speakers are nice in small places.

Dave
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