BarKohba
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Hello
I was wondering, for whomever had experience with such setups - for someone who has a Bookshelf + sub setup, is there any advantage in upgrading to towers?
I'm talking about speakers from the same manufacturer and series - my case is about the Yamaha B750 bookshelves vs Yamaha F700 towers - but the question is more broad and is in general about a 2.1 system made up of bookshelves/towers + sub.
An adviser at my local hi-fi shop told me that it's actually better that I went with bookshelves, because towers have much more resonances and the air pushed by the sub will interact with the large cabinet, as opposed to good quality speaker stands on which the bookshelves stand, but at the same time, the tower in my case is a 3 way (some are even 4-5 way) vs a typical 2 way bookshelf, so that should also represent an audio quality advantage.
And after reading a bit online, there seem to be very different opinions. Just o be clear - the question is in general, same series/manufacture bookshelf vs tower (both coupled with a sub, or stereo subs) - irrespectible of room - assuming the same room well treated for audio. And, the scenario is for MUSIC, not movies.
I was wondering, for whomever had experience with such setups - for someone who has a Bookshelf + sub setup, is there any advantage in upgrading to towers?
I'm talking about speakers from the same manufacturer and series - my case is about the Yamaha B750 bookshelves vs Yamaha F700 towers - but the question is more broad and is in general about a 2.1 system made up of bookshelves/towers + sub.
An adviser at my local hi-fi shop told me that it's actually better that I went with bookshelves, because towers have much more resonances and the air pushed by the sub will interact with the large cabinet, as opposed to good quality speaker stands on which the bookshelves stand, but at the same time, the tower in my case is a 3 way (some are even 4-5 way) vs a typical 2 way bookshelf, so that should also represent an audio quality advantage.
And after reading a bit online, there seem to be very different opinions. Just o be clear - the question is in general, same series/manufacture bookshelf vs tower (both coupled with a sub, or stereo subs) - irrespectible of room - assuming the same room well treated for audio. And, the scenario is for MUSIC, not movies.