Matt Silberstein wrote:

What are you tralking about here? We are talking about bookshelf
speakers in a multipurpose room v. dipoles in a multipurpose room. You
are proposing he put dipoles against a wall. Bad idea. May as well get
Bose if you want to sound smeared like that.

Just to let everyone know, I am fully confused. Bookshelf vs floor vs
satellite/subwoofer, that was a comprehensible discussion. But I have
to admit I have gotten lost.

Sorry. www.magnepan.com
Flat speakers - about 2 inches thick. The smallest ones come with
a piano type hinge for wall or AV center mounting. Swing out when
in use, swing flat when not. $300, IIRC, for the smallest ones.

These do require a sub, though, as the smaller MMG-W panel is
essentially a midrange and tweeter only(but the best one you've
ever heard under $2000+)

My Time Windows are attractive and have a nice shelf on top. And in a
different space they had a great sound.

I know. Nice pseakers, actually. They just are too large,
right?

BTW, in case you did not see the correction, the speakers have to go
on the *long* wall, not the short one.
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I did. Long wall - about 16-17ft long, right? That's easy
to hide stuff along.

Of course, if they are too large, he can always back off
a "notch": http://www.norh.com/products/norh5/index.html
This is quite small and can be had in synthetic marble.
Real marble is a bit fragile and expensive. The synthetic
stuff is like Corian. Nothing short of dropping it hard
or taking a hammer to it will hurt it.

Neat looking and they may well sound great. But something that deep is
just not going to work.

Okay. That's leaving you with the MMG-Ws, in-walls, and
a few wall-mounted(no wall mount-actually mounted TO the
wall) surround type speakers. Any mount or stand will
take up as much space as your tower does, most likely,
once you put the speaker on top of it.

Now, Tannoy, for instance, does make some stunning in-wall
models(the dual-concentrics) that sounds better than most
bookshelf speakers, but they require very stiff walls
when the bass kicks in at higher volumes. Cross-braced
5/8 inch drywall is suggested at a minimum. Plaster and
coating over mesh(as is all too common in new houses these
days) won't really cut it.

The KEF Ci series are a bit more forgiving and sound pretty
decent as well. The bass isn't as good as the Tannoys, though
both are better than most bookshelf type speakers. Kef does have
quite a few novel types of offerings, though.