Floor Standing Tower Speakers


In larger rooms, speakers must push more air, so larger speakers will be required for greater impact. Large tower speakers tend to have a wider sonic dispersion so a wider listening area will receive the full range of your speakers.

The most sought-after speaker configuration for home theater enthusiasts is one that is just as comfortable playing two-channel musical sources as it is full 5.1 movie soundtracks. Floor standing tower speakers up front (left and right) deliver full frequency response and a pair of timber-matched rear bookshelf or satellite speakers for surround effects. Along with a subwoofer you have a compelling full-range speaker system that will shake the house.

Extravagant home theater speaker systems for those who have the money and space might use the same model of tower speakers for all five speakers. This ensures maximum possible range and impact from all speakers, and the best possible timber matching because all the speakers are identical.

Even though processes like Dolby Digital and DTS are capable of delivering full-range sound through all five channels, the rear speakers will still be underutilized in this configuration. This is why it's not as popular and certainly not cost effective.

The money spent on the rear's floor standing speakers is probably better spent improving the quality of the front speakers and going with lower cost bookshelf speakers for rear.