good sounding low price speaker w/ front bass port

Other good choices with front firing port - Wharfedale Diamond 9.2, Usher S-520, B&W 685

"i really do not want to spend more than $500 for the speakers"

There are many excellent front ported speakers available in this price range right now:

Wharfedale Diamond 9.2 - discontinued but available from Internet dealers for under $300 new, or much less used, great all-rounder

Usher S-520 - $479/pr. new, good for rock

B&W 685 - $650/pr. new, another alternative could be a used pair of old English built B&W 601's or 602's, preferably S2 or S3 designation, for much much less than $500 used

PSB Image B15 - $379 new, another good all rounder

Paradigm Titan v.5 - under $400 new from Internet dealers, almost full range

Monitor Audio Bronze BR2 - $450 new, sound expensive

Epos ELS3 - $399 new, not front ported but sound really, really good.

These are all very competent speakers and I think would pair well with the Decco for near wall placement. Many of these are the larger version of the companies' bookshelf speakers because it is difficult to squeeze a port on the face of a smaller speaker. While these larger "bookshelf" speakers will be more efficient, most of these boxes are pretty deep - something to consider if attempting to actually place on any bookshelf less than 12" deep. If space is a serious issue, I might recommend the Epos ELS3 or the Paradigm Atom Monitor in place of the company's Titan.

Good luck.

Bianchi27,

Don't misconstrue my lack of recommendation as a vote against the Triangles Titus. I have simply not heard them yet and can't offer an opinion one way or the other. They are well reviewed here and by the audio press, so I would suggest you take Mapman and others advice and consider them as well.

I forgot one worth looking at:

Focal JM Lab Chorus 705V Monitor Loudspeaker - $495 new, very efficient.