Gname78683 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Who uses them? What are you using? And why do you choose floorstanders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Me. Floorstanders. No shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenazFilan Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I have two sets of floor standers: Klipsch Forte Is in my living room and Bose 10.2 series IIs for my bedroom set.(*) I've found larger speakers have a better sense of "presence" and musical "flow" (for lack of better words) that you can't get with even the best bookshelf speakers or small monitors. Smaller speakers sound constricted to me: they don't sound like live performances so much as sound coming out of a little box. Granted, sometimes it is excellent sound but it's not the same as what you hear from a beast with big woofers and bigger cabinets. AIUI today's "tower" designs have nothing to do with improved acoustics: they are all about the WAF and fitting unobtrusively in a contemporary living room/home theater. (*) I know, I know. Most contemporary Bose stuff is overpriced and mediocre, but they have made a few excellent speakers and the 10.2 is one of their best. The acoustimass-loaded woofer gives some extremely tight and clean bass and the Stereo Everywhere effect is great for casual listening though maybe not so much for sharp imaging and soundstage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjptkd Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I moved a couple of years ago into a much smaller space and gave up my Floorstanders. Over that time I've tried all of the "small" speakers Klipsch has to offer including the Palladium P-17's and eventually worked my way up to my current RF-7 II's. While I felt the Palladium speakers were probably the nicest sounding out of all the speakers I've tried, including my current ones, they just didn't carry the weight like a big speaker does and I missed that with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 1 hour ago, jjptkd said: I moved a couple of years ago into a much smaller space and gave up my Floorstanders. Over that time I've tried all of the "small" speakers Klipsch has to offer including the Palladium P-17's and eventually worked my way up to my current RF-7 II's. While I felt the Palladium speakers were probably the nicest sounding out of all the speakers I've tried, including my current ones, they just didn't carry the weight like a big speaker does and I missed that with them. I think most people that use bookshelf speakers use them because of space limitations. And probably most bookshelf speakers are placed in or on cabinets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Floorstanders 4 hours ago, Gname78683 said: Who uses them? I do. 4 hours ago, Gname78683 said: What are you using? RF-63's. 4 hours ago, Gname78683 said: And why do you choose floorstanders? They are the first "desired" Klipsch speakers I acquired. And, they are incredible. Every other mains are "bookshelf" speakers. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Bookshelf speakers are nice but, for optimal placement, I had to use stands. Might as well get floor standers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Khorns, floor standers in the living room/main TV room. If it weren't for the high performance I like from time-to-time that only comes from large speakers I would prefer smaller speakers that have a full sound at lower to mid volumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Ceptorman said: I think most people that use bookshelf speakers use them because of space limitations. And probably most bookshelf speakers are placed in or on cabinets. And don't forget the Wife Acceptance Factor. That trumps all other limitations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, Peter P. said: And don't forget the Wife Acceptance Factor. That trumps all other limitations! Yep.....I've been working on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 What I've noticed is bookshelf speakers, due to their distance from the floor, don't couple lower frequencies to the room, so a good portion of that tactile bass experience is lost. This was true in my case even when using 60lb. stands with spiked feet for solid coupling of the speaker to the floor. However, when by chance I placed those same 6.5" woofered speakers on the floor, the bass immediately improved, despite the low limit of my bookshelvers of 57Hz. Floorstanders often place their woofers close to the floor, which I feel is the secret trick to great bass reproduction and consequently a great musical experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 22 hours ago, Peter P. said: Floorstanders often place their woofers close to the floor, which I feel is the secret trick to great bass reproduction and consequently a great musical experience. Floorstanders have larger drivers and cabinets which is needed for lower frequencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswhotakesphotos Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The first set of Klipsch that I owned myself were floorstanders (Synergy F-20s) and if you'd asked what the advantages were beforehand, I would've told you that they produce more bass. That was still true, but it wasn't the first thing I noticed. What I really noticed was the power and presence of the midrange as compared to any of the small speakers I was used to hearing. Dad had Bose speakers growing up (he knows sound equipment very well from work, but wanted something nonintrusive for the home) and I had computer speakers, so I'd just never heard anything quite like it before. That was the biggest change for me. Plus, if you're buying bookshelf speakers to place on stands, you might as well get floorstanders anyway. I use Heresies now which I've elevated, so they're floorstand-ish, but they also spank the RP-280F in midrange and overall timbre, so they stay. Bookshelf speakers are good if your space doesn't allow for floorstanders, but if it does, floorstanders are really the way to go. Big speakers for big sound! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, chriswhotakesphotos said: Bookshelf speakers are good if your space doesn't allow for floorstanders, but if it does, floorstanders are really the way to go. Big speakers for big sound! I agree mostly with this unless your "bookshelf" speakers happen to be RB-75's(or P17B's). As much as I love my RF-63's on their own, the RB-75/RSW-10d combo in my living room sure sounds big, relatively speaking. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I was hoping this was a rhetorical question.... but I guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 10, 2017 Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2017 On 2/9/2017 at 11:46 AM, Peter P. said: And don't forget the Wife Acceptance Factor. That trumps all other limitations! That's true for me, that's why we have floor squatter's instead of floorstanders, her choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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