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Best real world radial / omidirectional speaker

While I'm in awe of people who spend $20,000 or $100,000+ on speakers and can afford to design their homes to suit, my budget for speakers is around $2,000 and positioning can be affected by my wife. E.g. having the speakers 3-5 feet out from the wall is a problem, which may rule out speakers with a back firing speaker.

That being said, I'm looking for feedback on the best omnidirectional or radial speaker. Ones I'm considering include the Decware Radial, Ohm, or Shahinian.

Suggestions?

BTW, my tastes in music, run towards folk, blues, old school rock and roll, and jazz with only an occasional classical piece.

thanks,
cdc2

Showing 1 response by drew_eckhardt

drew_eckhardt
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Maybe the Linkwitz Pluto 2.1

Wood Artistry will sell you a pair for $2995 (including amplifiers - they're actively bi-amplified with the electronics contained in the base of each speaker), presumably with some choice of wood accents and paint.

While the cosmetics could be better, the design is _very_ functional. For example, the mid-bass is backed with a damped transmission line with a measured 99% return loss.

There's an official "Seeking Pluto Auditions" thread at the Orion Users Group web site

http://orion.quicksytes.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=994

Don Naples had a pair in the Linkwitz Labs/Wood Artistry room at Axpona and may be doing the same at later stops in the audio show season.
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