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Need Suggestions For Wall Mounted Speakers

I'm finally getting ready to go out and look for some smaller speakers for my long-neglected bedroom system. As there is really no logical location to place the speakers on stands, I'm going to replace the current wall mounted Audiosource speakers with something better sounding.
The room is apporx. 16 feet X 12 feet, with an 8 foot ceiling. Being a McIntosh fan, I'm going to be using a MC7100 amp, and will soon be replacing the Adcom GTP-350 Tuner/Preamp with more McIntosh gear. I would like to keep the budget for these speakers under $900.00; but might go a bit more for the right sounding speaker.
As the speakers will be placed fairly close to the wall, I suspect any speaker with a rear port is just going to sound much too bass heavy to be considered. All suggestions will deffinately be appreciated.
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joe_b
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Firstly, I agree with your assessment that a rear ported speaker will not work. Although I do not mount my speakers on a wall, I have to place them close to the rear wall and I have found rear ported speakers do not do well in those circumstances.
Vienna Acoustics has just come out with a wall mount speaker that you may want to investigate.
I have seen and heard LS3/5A's mounted on a wall, and although not ideal, they seem to sound fine. I have Spendor S3/5's placed close to a rear wall (on stands) with little ill effect. You will need some hefty brackets to mount them on the wall.
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