I have my VR1s set up exactly as Tgrisham notes above, and it sounds great. On the built in bookshelves, surrounded by books. This is on the long wall of a rectangular living room. I sit on the sofa directly across from the speakers which are positioned just slightly higher than ear high. The design of these spkrs allows a pretty wide seating area and sweet spot. My wife was really happy for me to get my old floorstanders out of the living room, and for the room size, these speakers sound great. Of course, now I am moving and will have my own media room/home office where I can set up my huge Dynaudio floorstanders and really rock out. The VR1s will go into a bedroom setup. They really produce lovely bass down to around 50 hz or so. They have a small rear port that can be placed close to the rear wall. Sure, they get a little boomy in the upper mids in this setup, but they still sound nice. PS: I used blue-tack to stick the speakers to the bookshelves, which really helped with imaging and tamed any vibrations on the shelving.
true bookshelf speaker
There seems to be a lot of bookshelf sized speakers which all seem to provide far better performance as a stand mount .
What mid -high end speakers provide the imaging openess etc on a bookshelf ?
Or is it a matter of compromise or increasing the WAF by having speakers on a stand imposing in the room?
What mid -high end speakers provide the imaging openess etc on a bookshelf ?
Or is it a matter of compromise or increasing the WAF by having speakers on a stand imposing in the room?