The new Phantom speakers from Acoustic Research fill that bill and then some. The shallow, sleek, silver-hued Phantoms can be as retiring or as prominent as you like. These are not speakers you want to push back into a corner or hide behind the potted palm. They need their own resonating space. These half-pints don't take up much space, either.
Shielding refers to insulation around the voice coil and magnet on the speaker cones.
Placed too close to your television, an unshielded speaker can interfere with the picture, causing the color to smear. At 1012 inches high and 6 inches wide, the Mini is easily accommodated as the back-channel source even in small rooms. To bring some real punch to such small speakers, you need a subwoofer. Hot tips for speaker shopping Consider the layout of your home theater room and look for speakers that make sense in the available space. Don't economize on the center-channel speaker.