Quote Originally Posted by shokhead
Even floorstanders are set to small in the receiver setup and there not many floorstanders that dont need a sub so there's even less bookshelfs that dont need a sub. Speakers for clean highs and midrange and some bass and a sub to free up the speakers to do that. You want tweeters at ear level and my floorstanders are on small stands to do that. It does depend on your perference but why not get the most out of your speakers?

I assure you, I do get the most out of my Bookshelves by standmounting them with 40lb stands(filled with sand) with brass spikes coupled to brass isolator cups and my speaker decoupled from the stands with "Blu-Tac". What I am merely saying is that I don't need a sub for the kind of music I listen to( Jazz and vocals) because I personally don't like using a sub for critical music listening, but that's just me.