Need speaker recommendations.


I need recommendations for speaker brand/models that can be placed relatively close to the front wall without degradation in sound quality. Say, within 1-2 feet. My front wall is ’h’ shaped (side view). There is a 1-ft deep ledge at the height of 2-ft 4-inch from the floor (imagine right half of the letter ’h’) and the overall height of the wall is 9-ft. Front to back wall is 18-ft.

 

Budget under US$8,000. Don’t care between stand-mounted or floor-standing. If a specific partnering amp/preamp are highly desirable (for any reason) please tell me why.

 

Thanks,

Amit

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This is the size smaller I listened to them back in the day I thought these were no e I liked the 25 s better these were 7000 Canadian the 25 were 10000.canadian

 

 

 

Well  I am quite different than the above poster but I think the difference is that I like harbeth speakers but I have a high power solid state amp.on them. A mark Levinson 33h. Harbeth s like lots of power. So I also have a pair of slh5 speakers. Not one of the monitor s. They are far more more musical than the monitor speakers. You will need an amp that can swing current.  Now if you want tube amplifier s I would recommend a canary amp. I had a stroke of luck the other day and bought some new old stock ca160 monoblocks for a great price. Between that and the canary ca801/802 preamplifier and a Krell KPS 20i I had they are really making an older pair on equation 25 s I have sing. Wonderful combination with second generation transparent reference wire. Those speakers are rare but when you find a pair cheap. Here is a link to the harbeth speakers.

 

 

 

 

 

The bid thing with equation speakers in a they are no longer produced so don't pay much if you find a pair. They were not good on my mark Levinson 33h just not enough load for the amp. They are beautiful on tubes. They were beautiful on the moon w3 I had years ago. 

You might also want to listen to a pair of neat speakers I have a couple sets of. A home theater they are much better than my home theater system. I have the motive line the big ones out front and the small ones in the rear. The big ones are about six inches wide and three feet tall and eight inches deep. Down firing port. They were five thousand Canadian list. They are the deepest playing speaker I have ever had. They basically play flat to 27.  They better series are supposed to be in the very best made I have never heard there really high end ones. The neat speakers are so small they will not impress small boys'! Lol. 

Yes the finish is awe inspiring. Glad that you like them as well. They were a fantasy speaker of mine after I heard them on sim audio moon W3 amps. Finally got a pair of 25s set them up on mark Levinson 33h amps they were ok but never like I remembered. I had put them on a hotrodded melody h88 amp thought they were ok. Then treated myself to a new old stock set of canary ca160 monoblocks and a canary CA 801/802 preamplifier. They just come to life and sing with these amps and pre infront of them put my Krell KPS 20I player in from of them and it is just magic. Lol have to look haw I can make the big system to keep up! They do not sell for much and the fellow looking for speakers I think would do really well getting a set of them if he can find them. It makes me so happy that someone else thinks that it is a magical pairing with tunes. I looked at some line magnetic amps before I bought the canary stuff. Which one did you get? 

 

Regards Tom