What a day and eye opener yesterday. YES Virginia there ARE some choices for against the wall speakers. Many have been mentioned in this thread. NOLA has some small ones that are also built to go up against the wall or even a book case. Very impressive. I have a Linn Kiko system in my BR that I'm listening to right now and it's up against the wall and sounding nice (Fleetwood Mac concert). I heard the Vandy's yesterday and I can PROMISE you that you need to look at the inexpensive LVR speakers they put out. If set up properly, they don't sound like a sub 1300 speaker (I think that's the range). Then I go listen to the Quatro's as I'm in the market and will be getting them as soon as I sell my Treo's as I stated. I've listened to so many speakers in the last few weeks as well as couple of years, that I'm almost worn out, lol. (not really). That high pass filter and adjustable bass is just unreal. You can put these things directly up against the sheetrock and adjust the bass and you are off to the races with a GREAT system using an NAD set of separates to save money or a top zero feedback amp like the Ayre integrated or the new Aesthetix gear. I've put my Treo's up against my wall to see how they sound and I was able to get the staging and imaging that I love. I don't have major bass problems so that worked fine, in fact we all know it's reenforced up against the wall and it still kept it's tonality and slam. Stayed very tight and tuneful.
You probably have more than a few speakers to look at and I hope that you keep us updated. Thanks.
