How To Choose Stereo Speakers
The Left and Right Channel speakers in your music system can be small satellite models, larger bookshelf, or even floorstanding speakers. You can mount them on stands, pieces of furniture (that’s where "bookshelf" speakers get their name), or on a wall. Or just stand them on the floor in a convenient place.
The type of speaker you choose is as much about your listening environment and decorating tastes as it is about the music. Consider the size of your room. If you have a small listening environment, you might lean toward small satellite speakers mounted on a wall or even near the ceiling. If you have a flat panel TV, you might want on-wall speakers flanking the TV. Does your listening/TV/entertainment room have a bookcase or other area that can handle bookshelf speakers? Of course you can also consider floorstanding speakers if you have a larger room. Floorstanding speakers will give the very best audio performance, but often they are fairly large in size.
Music-Only or Music/Home Theater?
If you plan on listening only to music, you can consider almost any pair of speakers. If you plan on using your front speakers as part of a home theater system, it’s best to match them with a Center Channel from the series. That will deliver a more evenly balanced tonal response that will be more pleasing to the ear.
Smaller speakers and Subwoofers
Most micro, bookshelf, and flat panel TV speakers have smaller bass drivers. They’re usually very pleasing by themselves, particularly in their ability to provide very detailed mid- and high-frequency response. However, you want to consider a subwoofer specifically designed to reproduce low frequency notes without strain. That way, you’ll have a very balanced yet very authoritative sounding system.