Does anyone still use the big floor speakers? Ive got my Cerwin Vegas and just wont part with them. They rock.
Keep them. Large speakers like Cerwin Vegas are actually very efficient - in other words you don't need a lot of power to get a given volume level. That spec is called sensitivity and the big Cerwin Vegas always have a high rating for that. Large speakers have gone out of style only for aesthetic reasons.
Floor speakers seem to be limited now to the audiophiles among us, it is simply impossible to reproduce the fidelity of a full range speaker set. I can however give you a notable reason why floor speakers are less popular today though. Floor speakers require a powerful amplifier and they get very loud, the inherent problem with this, is that rather then just for music these days, people use receivers for home theater, proper surround sound works on the premise that there is a sizable balance between rear and front channels and very few affordable setups come with a rear and center channel that can balance a large high wattage front set.
