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What's the objection to Floor Standing Speakers?

Why do, and its generally women, prefer bookshelf speakers over floor standing EVEN if the bookshelf is going on the floor on a stand, thereby taking up almost EXACTLY the same space in the room?
I've always been amazed at this--two speakers, identical in width and depth, with only height as the differential, are presented to the fair lady, who instantly picks the bookshelf WITH stands, making it occupy the EXACT SAME KILL ZONE FLOOR TO CEILING AS THE FLOORSTANDER.
Why is this--when price is not the determining factor--of course given a price difference which IS meaningful, the answer is obvious, but when NOT--WHY?
Seeking opinions to this very old question that plagues the industry and allows Bose Lifestyles to still breathe our precious air.

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elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
My response is requested?
The 'negative space' is a good answer, and shows the dude knows women. The other possible reason I know of is women do not like big bass. And thus ANY smaller speaker LOOKS like it would not make as much damn low frequency noise. (and if your wife says she likes gut massaging bass, she is just humoring you!)
Generally big speakers are a 'guy' thing. And if you have bookshelf, even on a stand, even if they take up the same space.. are less macho.
Now i do have door size speakers (Magnepan 3.6) but I have been into stereo stuff a very long time, and have to say they look like room screens anyway...
(I just cringe when I see the small ad in Stereophile with the old fart with his over 7 foot tall monster speaker.. it is disgusting, and clearly a large penis substitute.)
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mapman
15,679 posts
 
Luckily I have a nice pair of big, heavy macho floor standing speakers with lots of balls (only 4 feet tall or so mind you) to go along with my effeminate looking, puny little negative space Dynaudio monitors on the stands, or I might be insulted.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
women prefer no speakers at all.
djohnson54
372 posts
 
Elizabeth,
I'm so glad you responded! :) I was just about to remind folks that you had 3.6's. The room screen concept is interesting but I don't think my wife would agree. Nor does she agree with Audiowoman that my Vandersteen 3a sigs are cute. BTW even I agree that the speaker next to the "old fart" is ridiculous. I've also seen some HUGE SoundLab speakers crammed into tiny (or at least very narrow) rooms.
tvad
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Those of you who have somehow correlated the concept of negative space to female gender are completely misconstruing my first post, in which I briefly mentioned negative and positive space as the terms are used in art and design.

Anyone who has a basic education in art is familiar with negative and positive space.

Here's more info about negative space.
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