BudgetAudiophile

I'm looking for some good bookshelf speakers to fit into this small shelf. This is a media console that sits underneath the TV in our living room. I'm thinking if I get some speakers that are fairly slim I could lay them on their side. The size of the shelf is shown in the attached picture and there's an equivalent shelf on the other side of the console. Any recommendations?

Been thinking about adding a little bit of bass to the home cinema system, both for watching movies (i.e. LFE) and to support the bookshelf sized front speakers. Was hoping to not spend too much money, but I also don't want something that sounds bad, or only provides rumble without much distinction to different sounds. Got a medium sized room which I've estimated to 67m³ (2350 cubic feet) so I'm leaning towards dual subs.

Current options I'm considering:

• Pre-built subs, probably XTZ 12.17 Edge
• DIY Dayton Audio 15" flat pack, with either RSS310HF-4 or HO-4
• DIY VBSS with GRS 18PT-8 18"

The total cost for either option would be around €1500, since I would need to buy some power tools to build the VBSS.

From what I've read the VBSS is supposed to sound fairly good, especially in the mid-bass region, while lacking some very low bass compared to the DA Reference and Ultimax drivers.

Anyone have some experience with the above subs, primarily the VBSS?

My cat recently decided to go to town on one of my ELAC speakers. I contacted their support in order to buy a replacement driver, and they straight up sent me one for free :)

So, shoutout to ELAC for a very pleasant customer experience.

Looks interesting! What do you think?

Any headphone recommendations? Ideally less than £100 and good for rock/pop?