Avoid rear ported
Have some fun with bookshelf monitors!!
This is ANOTHER what speaker should I buy. But here is the thing. I might have a speaker problem......
I currently own the following speakers: Dynaudio Evoke 50s (my main room) driven by Prima Luna, Watkins Gen 4 (secondary room) driven by Cary amp, Harbeth P3ESR (office) driven by retro Grant Fidelity tube amp, and Wharfedale Evo 4.2 (home theater) driven by an NAD AVR. If you ask my wife that's about seven too many speakers.
BUT
I have a new large room, lots of glass, 10' ceilings, and have to use an NAD 3050 amplifier. Speakers have to sit on a bookshelf, have a wood or white finish, and most importantly be interesting!
SO...
with a $5,000 top end (and goal to be half of that) tell me what you buy.
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i agree with @akg_ca on the rega speakers--i owned the rs1 and they work great for actual bookshelf placement. likewise, proac or the higher tier paradigm would work well |
I love Fritz’s Carbon 7 Mk. II SE. Search it out online and on youtube. It has a rear port, but most people assume that a front port solves the "placing it too close to the wall" problem. But it doesn’t, really, because the issue is that lower frequency bass waves emanate in all directions. While front-ported speakers offer a little more flexibility in placement compared to rear-ported designs (which absolutely need space for the port to breathe), they still benefit from being moved away from walls. This is primarily to minimize boundary reinforcement that overemphasizes bass and to reduce reflections that can muddy the overall sound. In other words, the port’s location doesn’t negate the fundamental acoustic principles of how sound interacts with boundaries in a room. Oh, and a rear ported speaker can have a soft plug in the back to help diminish chuffing.
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