I am looking for some bookshelf speakers for my home office. Listening
distance 4-5 feet, low volume most of the time, loud just once in a
while. Receiver is a Yamaha RX-497. Budget up to $1K, new or used.
Any opinions?

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I am looking for some bookshelf speakers for my home office. Listening
distance 4-5 feet, low volume most of the time, loud just once in a
while. Receiver is a Yamaha RX-497. Budget up to $1K, new or used. Any
opinions?
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I am looking for some bookshelf speakers for my home office. Listening
distance 4-5 feet, low volume most of the time, loud just once in a
while. Receiver is a Yamaha RX-497. Budget up to $1K, new or used.
Any opinions?


Lots of options in your price range - do you have constraints on speaker
size/placement? That can be pretty important: for example, many
bookshelves in that price range are rear ported and don't like to be too
close to a back wall.

Another poster recommended Paradigm Titans - which are very nice budget
speakers - but at your price point you could go for new Studio 20s if
Paradigm interests you. I'd also recommend trying to listen to something
from the B&W 600 range, PSB and Boston Acoustics just to name a few
companies with good products in your price range.

There are a lot of internet direct companies, too: Axiom has a good rep,
as does Ascend and Onix.

Good luck,

Bill