"Joseph Oberlander" wrote in message
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Ian S wrote:

What stands? I didn't mention stands. Small satellites are easily and
inexpensively mounted on the wall.

Oh, you mean those rear-ported speakers? And mount them on what?
Velcro? Most wall mounts are also ugly in the extreme,

Most wall-mounts are virtually invisible behind the speaker.

especially
if you have off-white walls or wallpaper.

Wallpaper? Yeah, I think my senile aunt has some of that..

wall-mounted. For someone on a tight budget and wanting to go with slim
tower front speakers, Fry's Electronics (at least here in Phoenix and
probably other places as well) has Polk R50's on for $160 a pair.

Ecch. Polk are rubbish at the low-end. Truly. I'd take a pair
of Athenas over them, and a pair of Mirage or Paradigm would make
it way up my list of budget choices.

Obviously your budget isn't as tight as your ass.

True, really beautiful towers like the Tannoys run about $600-$1200
a pair, but, IMO, it's well worth it as they almost are in the category
of fine furniture.

Which is it speakers or "fine furniture"?