Aesthetic considerations (room decor circa 1915) and small size 15' x 15' necessitated use of small bookshelf B&W 805's and subs REL T7/x's to blend/hide the speakers in the background. RELs in the corners, B&W's literally on bookshelves. Less than ideal, however toeing the speakers and fine tuning bass volume and crossover has yielded a very nice soundstage and a very musical sounding room. My brother who has Monitor floor standing speakers used my room as the bench mark for his HiFi system. So yes it can be done to good results.
Two powered subs with bookshelf speakers or two floor-standing speakers?
What is your experience with this topic? In my current setup, I have amp to subwoofer in and subwoofer out to bookshelf on each channel.
My girlfriend has an old receiver out to two old floor-standing JBLs, which sound WAY better.
Your thoughts? Thanks.