Putting speakers in a cabinet is pretty much audio-death! Avoid at all costs if possible. Speakers are designed as free-standing units to sound their best away from walls, out in the open. A friend, who is not an audiophile by any means, purchased some Infinty towers with the built-in powered subs. At first he was thrilled with the sound. After moving to a new house, his wife wanted a custom built-in entertainment center for the new room. The guy who built it made custom fitted speaker cabinets with nice grills that were removable. He regrets that decision, but has to live with it (and his wife!). When I was over there and listened, the bass was very dominant, and I thought the imaging was terrible.
If you need to have them on shelves, maybe the 200 would work better being a sealed design. Give Dave a hollar and get his opinion.
Ed
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