floorstanders Vs bookshelves dilemma

[daspaceman]

Hello all,



I was 100% convinced to buy floorstanders against bookshelves for my new living room . I chose floorstanders over bookshelves because of a better bass extension. I auditioned the following speakers with a rotel power amp, playing Hotel California/Eagles live:



B&W CM9 : Sounded nothing special, too expensive for what they are (For me the mids sounded a little bit nasal)



Proac Studios 140 : Excellent bass, but it lost some detail in the mids&hi`s



Spendor A5: Sounded muddy (salesman said they were not broke in yet)



Art moderne 4 : surprisningly detailed, bass was thight but doesnt go very low.



was considering the PMC FB1i as the salesman said that they were very detailed with bass like the proacs.







On returning home I heard the same song in the new living room on my old B&W Dm602`s bookshelves (attached picture 1) and was surprised by the amount of bass these speakers produced. I`ve had these sperakers for almost 10 years, and I could believe how different they sound in a different room. As you can see in the picture both speakers were placed against a solid wall and adjacent to them there is a plaster/Gypsum board fire place.



The other option would be like in picture 2. Choosing floorstander speakers and moving them more towards the sofa. Asthetically I prefer the unit to be from wall to wall as in picture 1 (maybe making the TV unit with a marble/granite countertop and having two bookshelves on spikes). After all I might not need 2 floorstanders, and the living room would look neater!



With a budget of around 2K on hi-fi speakers I would buy something like the B&W 805S. What do you guys recommand, to go for floorstanders or bookshelves. What speakers do you recommand. I`m looking for detailed speakers.



Thanks!