Hi all
I've put my question in this forum as I'm more interested in stereo than surround.
We've moved house and I'm rejigging the hifi, and I'm having my turntable in my study and re-fitting a Denon 7.1 amp for the front room. I've previous used some Monitor Audio Silver RS1 as part of this set-up in stereo mode, with some other cheap satellites for when I'm using the amp in surround mode- the Monitor Audio will now be in the study and I'm after some bookshelf speakers for the front room as replacement.
These need to be very compact, smaller than the RS1 as space is at a premium and they have to go up on a shelf to stay out of the little'uns reach - this means they'll be hard up against a wall. I'm obviously not expecting great shakes with this set-up so no point in breaking the bank, but I'd hope certain speakers might be less disastrous than others in this sort of use. I can use the subwoofer to give some help if needed.
I was looking at something like the Q-acoustics 3010 as a starter for 10, any suggestions which might be better would be appreciated. Happy to up the budget from these if it'll make substantial improvement, and also more than happy to entertain any used speakers in classifieds.
I realise that this is one of those annoying, niggly requests for help, but guidance to anything that will provide some light relief whilst keeping the kids from killing themselves much appreciated. When they're older I'll be swapping the speakers out for some more suitable floorstanders but it's not a great option at present (the reason why the turntable is off to the study!) which is why I'm just looking for something cheap and easy that won't hurt the ears.
All advice gratefully received.
I've put my question in this forum as I'm more interested in stereo than surround.
We've moved house and I'm rejigging the hifi, and I'm having my turntable in my study and re-fitting a Denon 7.1 amp for the front room. I've previous used some Monitor Audio Silver RS1 as part of this set-up in stereo mode, with some other cheap satellites for when I'm using the amp in surround mode- the Monitor Audio will now be in the study and I'm after some bookshelf speakers for the front room as replacement.
These need to be very compact, smaller than the RS1 as space is at a premium and they have to go up on a shelf to stay out of the little'uns reach - this means they'll be hard up against a wall. I'm obviously not expecting great shakes with this set-up so no point in breaking the bank, but I'd hope certain speakers might be less disastrous than others in this sort of use. I can use the subwoofer to give some help if needed.
I was looking at something like the Q-acoustics 3010 as a starter for 10, any suggestions which might be better would be appreciated. Happy to up the budget from these if it'll make substantial improvement, and also more than happy to entertain any used speakers in classifieds.
I realise that this is one of those annoying, niggly requests for help, but guidance to anything that will provide some light relief whilst keeping the kids from killing themselves much appreciated. When they're older I'll be swapping the speakers out for some more suitable floorstanders but it's not a great option at present (the reason why the turntable is off to the study!) which is why I'm just looking for something cheap and easy that won't hurt the ears.
All advice gratefully received.