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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

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mapman
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Who knows which is best as everyone has different preferences. I am a
fan of Walsh drivers though so i go for ohm. As i sit here listening to my
smaller ohms even, I think they are hard to better at any price when set
up well.
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mapman
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OHM Walsh speakers tend to have similar sound from bottom to top of line. Driver and cabinet volumes increase up the line to deliver better bass in larger rooms. Micros are the smallest and 1000s second smallest. That is the main difference. Another is cabinet height. Larger models tend to be taller. You generally want to listen from a position at or above driver level for best tonal balance, especially if listening more nearfield.

SOmetimes the smaller models including micros can still work quite well even in larger rooms. It all depends. JOhn Strohbeen at OHM has a good customer service reputation for helping his customers find the right model for their application and not overselling his products.
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