DBX: If your HT fronts and floor standers have removable grill covers, you could try placing a "solid" sheet of something (plastic or thick paper/cardboard) under them (to block the sound going to the unused speakers). This will help with the problem of the passive speakers "sucking" up the sound of the speakers being used and would be an invisible remedy, plus it would be easy to switch back and forth. Chances are that you will end up playing the speakers which are still blocked down the line (I know that I would forget and do this:-). This solid sheet should be somewhat reflective (in sound quality) and the grill covers will help to disburse the relected sound a bit. Should not be much worse than a typical "beefy" speaker stand, sound wise, and you can experiment with placement of the small speakers (on top of the larger ones).
stacking speakers?
Hi, I have two seperate systems, one for audio, and one for HT. I use tower speakers for the audio system and bookshelf for the HT. Due to space limitations and speaker placement recommendations ( i.e. fronts HT speakers should the same level as the center speaker) I would like to stack the bookshelfs on top of the towers. Can any one tell me the pro's and/or con's of this? I've already tried looking up past threads on this, but couldn't find anything. Thanks.