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A bookshelf on a booksheld--compromises?

Hello,
My speakers are Rogers LS7. I am thinking of upgrading (room is 17x25x9.5open to another larger room via hallway, floor to floor windows 2 sides wall to ceiling cabients other 2 sides.) to speakers for both music and HT.

I have looked at B&W 804 s and like them, but just not sure a floor standing speaker will work. I have always thought that putting a monitor/bookshelf speaker on a cabinet shelf (it is 24" deep) would compromise the sound, so why spend the money.I also can't place them on stands because of cabinet doors, so monitors/bookshelves would have to go on the cabient shelves (otherwise I am looking at florstanders).

Is it worth investing in more expensive bookshelf speakers (e.g., Merlin TSM) if they are going on a cabient shelf (they can protrude from the shelf)? Or is this just too big a compromise?
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maxxc
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Well you definitly won't get the most from the vast majority of speakers positioned on a 2 foot deep shelf. There are some speakers that are designed for near wall positioning. Also some speakers not designed for near wall positioning will work much better then others. This may be an avenue to explore.

I have no idea how the Merlins would work near wall. No question you won't get the maximum from them in such a setup. Still IMO purchasing the Merlins or some other speaker that works well near wall would be worth the effort. We almost all have some compromises in our listening situation we just have to make the best of.

BW Maxx
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