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When comparing bookcases, look at their dimensions to ensure they’ll fit comfortably in your home.

More affordable options include metal, which is especially sturdy, and manufactured wood, which may have a lower weight capacity per shelf. Solid wood is usually the best option, but it can be quite expensive. What to Look for in a Bookcase Materialīecause bookcases often have to support quite a bit of weight, it’s important to find one that’s made from strong and durable materials. However, the Furinno Luder Bookcase is an excellent choice if you're on a budget, and it comes in several colors, sizes, and configurations. Our number one pick is the Floyd Shelving System, a customizable, modular shelving unit with an expandable design and an impressive per-shelf weight limit. But all in all, this is a high-quality, versatile storage solution with lots of potential. It's on the pricier side for a bookcase, and you'll have to assemble it on your own. Though it depends on which one you get, The Shelving System has an impressive weight capacity of nearly 400 pounds-or about 65 pounds per shelf. Plus, as a modular unit, you'll always have the option to reconfigure it or expand it when you need a bit more storage space. This customizable bookshelf is available in a range of sizes and configurations: There are three tall options, three short and wide, a few short-tall combos, and even some specialized designs with angled shelves and cabinets on the bottom. Plus, the birch plywood frame comes with either a light ash or deep walnut veneer.

It has scratch-resistant, powder-coated steel shelves in your choice of moody black, forest green, or modish white. We'd happily drool over bookcases all day, but if we could only recommend one to our readers, we'd have to go with The Shelving System from Floyd. Who else recommends it? Architectural Digest and Cosmopolitan both picked the Floyd Shelving System. The Spruce Home Improvement Review Board.Rather than competing to be heard, the sounds on these tracks sounded correct. We could hear element, from instruments, to vocals, to effects without distortion. These speakers sound great regardless of what type of music you’re listening to, but we were especially impressed at how they handled complicated tracks. Sounds in the high frequencies - think cymbals - sound detailed and clear, but never shrill.

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This is especially impressive from a pair of bookshelf speakers because the drivers are spaced so close together. The bass sounds full, but not to the point of drowning out the midrange and treble. Klipsch said The Fives were designed to make “Real Hi-Fi Sound”, and they deliver. The speakers scream class, and will elevate the look if whichever room they’re in. This audio hardware is set inside a hand-crafted wood cabinet, with a magnetically attached woven cloth grill. Each speaker has a 4.5 inch long throw woofer, and a 1 inch titanium dome woofer set behind an angled horn that disperses its sound more equally. The speakers 18.5 inches tall, 17.5 inches wide, and 13.5 inches deep, which means they’re a little big for a desk, but the perfect size for a living room entertainment center. The Fives are a new pair of powered bookshelf speakers from Klipsch, and it blew us away during our testing. BEST OVERALL: Klipsch The Fives Powered Speaker System Active speakers are also heavier than passive ones, and can have smaller drivers because the speaker housing has to accommodate a lot more hardware. We chose passive speakers for this guide because you get to choose the other hardware they’re connected to rather than relying on what the speaker company chose. Active speakers are a more all-in-one solution they have a preamp, volume controls, and inputs (ports that let you plug devices into them) on the speakers themselves. Passive speakers, like the one on this list, have no built-in amplification, which means you need to connect them to a stereo receiver for them to work. Passive vs Active: Bookshelf speakers come in two different styles: passive and active.

Our picks all have multiple drivers, which handle different frequencies, so music will sound clear and smooth. Drivers: Drivers are the part of the speaker that produce sound generally, larger drivers are better, but their material and location on the speaker matters, too.

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