They will lack the deep bass of a tower but some models when coupled with a subwoofer are able to put out a very large and convincing soundstage for music.
Floor standing vs surround speakers.
While you can put a bookshelf speaker on a shelf they will sound better on a speaker stand out in the room very similar to what we described for floor standing speakers.
They are smaller speakers in size as compared to a floor standing which reduces the amount of sound it can produce.
Surround sound systems can have a mix of both floor standing and.
The low mid and high sounds are all coming through one speaker primarily the lows as opposed to having a floor standing speaker which produces the low mid and high sounds individually.
Floor standing speakers can be around three feet tall so they re a better choice if you have a larger space like an open basement.
Because of their larger size floor standing speakers can have more drivers the part of a.
Tower speakers can be used with a modern surround sound system in fact they should be.
If you re a music freak or an action movie lover the excitement you re going to bring in the room through the floor standing speakers will be unparalleled.
Not exclusively but a pair of floor standing speakers augmented by smaller strategically located speakers will result in the ideal setup for surround sound.