If placing against the wall, stuffing the rear port will help a bit and lessen the boominess and tighten up the bass. The Revel m20's are decent sounding and have a placment compensation switch to adjust for bookshelf placement. I've never heard them in this mode, but really like the speakers in their normal state.
If you want something in the budget range, the latest issue of stereophile (who never seem to give bad reviews anymore) and most of the brittish rags really like the little Mission m71's. They have plugs to plug the port included for bookshelf mounting. I've never heard myself, but for about $200, I've ordered a pair just to play around with.
I have a pair of the Sonus Faber Concertos that I really like, but when I placed near the wall (on stands), they were fairly boomy and not this was not the ideal placement.
Hope this helps!
If you want something in the budget range, the latest issue of stereophile (who never seem to give bad reviews anymore) and most of the brittish rags really like the little Mission m71's. They have plugs to plug the port included for bookshelf mounting. I've never heard myself, but for about $200, I've ordered a pair just to play around with.
I have a pair of the Sonus Faber Concertos that I really like, but when I placed near the wall (on stands), they were fairly boomy and not this was not the ideal placement.
Hope this helps!