Using a pair of Monitor Audio Silver S6 floorstanders right now, and they honestly don't do anything for me, and thinking about replacing them.
This conversation has got me thinking about stand-mount or bookshelf speakers again.
If the goal is to achieve accurate reproduction and compelling sound stage and imaging, are bookshelf/stand-mount speakers preferable? Are there design advantages there? If nothing else, it seems to me that if you don't care about bass weight or high SPL the smaller speakers might be easier to triangulate for the sweet spot in a small room.
I heard a pair of Totem Rainmakers and the imaging on them was out of this world-- I remember specifically listening to a car doppler effect on The Wall that was recorded with one of those dummy head mics, and I have never heard anything like it.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this, or model recommendations for things I might check out? Is this aspect measurable?