The Top 10 Bookshelf Speakers
Bookshelf speakers are designed for home audio use. Bookshelf speakers are typically medium-sized speakers and most are small enough to fit, not suprisingly, on a bookshelf. They are prized for the value, providing excellent sound in a small package and an often affordable price. If you are shopping for the best bookshelf speakers consider these award winners and audiophile favorites.
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Bowers & Wilkins 685
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Winner of the Absolute Sound Golden Ear award in 2008, the Bowers & Wilkins 685 bookshelf speakers are time tested and audiophile approved. What makes these speakers unique is the use of a Kevlar as a cone material. This technology promises to create a more balanced and clean tone range.
Bowers & Wilkins 685
http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=2301
Price: Approximately $325 per speaker
Audio Note AX-2
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The Audio Note AX-2 speaker is an excellent all-around mid-sized speaker. Offered in a beautiful natural wood tone, the AX-2 is praised by audiophiles for its value and quality.
Audio Note AX-2
http://www.audionote.co.uk/products/speakers/ax-2_01.shtml
Price: Approximately $300 per speaker
PSB Image B25
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The Image B25 speakers were rated a Consumers Digest Best Buy. They are affordable and compact, offering plenty of power for most stereo systems. PSB also notes their versatility, able to be used in everything from simple 2.1 systems to elaborate surround sound systems.
PSB Image B25
http://www.psbspeakers.com/products/Image-Series/Image-B25-Monitor
Price: Approximately $225 per speaker
Axiom M3
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The Axiom M3 is one of the most affordable bookshelf speakers on the market. It was picked as a Product of the Year by GoodSound.com, which evaluates high-end audio equipment. The M3 is balanced and dynamic, perfect for everything from music to movies and games.
Axiom M3
http://www.axiomaudio.com/m3.html
Price: Approximately $165 per speaker
Polk RTi A1
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The Polk RTi A1 is a Crutchfield Signature product. It offers real wood finish, gold plated binding posts and connections and patented porting technology which delivers crisp tones and smooth bass.
Polk RTi A1
http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/rtia/#rtia1
Price: Approximately $170 per speaker
Klipsch Reference Series RB-61
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The Klipsch Reference Series RB-61 is another Crutchfield Signature product and it has received excellent customer feedback reviews. It offers a unique feature called Tractrix Horn which eliminates the acoustic difficulties often presented when setting a bookshelf speaker on a bookshelf or other enclosed area.
Klipsch Reference Series RB-61
http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/rb-61-overview/
Price: Approximately $275 per speaker
Paradigm Signature S2
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The Paradigm Signature S2 are exceptionally high-quality bookshelf speakers. They offer beryllium tweeter domes for uniform sound reproduction and they have a built-in system that eliminates internal resonance, delivering only the sounds you are meant to hear.
Pardigm Signature S2
http://www.paradigm.com/products/paradigm-reference/bookshelf/signature-series/signature-s2
Price: Approximately $900 per speaker
Usher Audio S-520
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The Usher Audio S-520 is a compact and well-appointed bookshelf speaker. It offers shielded 2-way monitors and a 5-inch midbass. It performs well by itself or with a standalone subwoofer and center channels. It garnered an Editor's Choice Award from theabsolutesound.com and receives excellent customer reviews.
Usher Audio S-520
http://www.usheraudiousa.com/products/loudspeakers/usher-series/s-520-shielded
Price: Approximately $240 per speaker
Monitor Audio PL-100
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The Monitor Audio PL-100 is another high-end speaker of exceptional quality. Ribbon tweeters, a composite anti-resonance system and a Nomex cone material offer cutting-edge technology and uncompromised sound.
Monitor Audio PL-100
http://www.monitoraudio.co.uk/products/platinum/pl-100/your-speaker
Price: Approximately $1900 per speaker
Magico Mini II
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The Magico Mini II is the bookshelf speaker built for kings, sultans and software executives. Utilizing technology that would make NASA weep, the Mini II is a handmade work of audio perfection. The wooden frame alone takes over 20 hours to complete.
Magico Mini II
http://www.magico.net/?d=03_Products/03_Mini_II/index.html
Price: Approximately $12,500 per speaker
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