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Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers

I’m a believer in synergy, not individual components.   I’m setting up a new system in my condo and like most condos, I’ve got some limitations.   My room is 16’ wide and 35’ long, 9’ height.   The system will be placed 2/3 down on the long wall.   It’s the living room and my wife says no ugly room treatments as it’s our living room.   Just to head this off - I don’t need a new wife.    I listen at moderate levels (usually 70-85db).   Mostly progressive rock and jazz, all streamed, no phono.   Budget is $8k, for used speakers.   Once the speakers are mostly set, I'll work on amps, preamp, DAC, streamer, & cables ($25k all in budget, all used components).

 

The speakers will need to be placed right up next to the wall, so I was thinking of Ohm or Larsen, but these aren't very efficient – are there other options?   I’d like much higher efficiency as I like the dynamic presentation I generally get with that setup, but I don’t know of any efficient speakers I can place next to the wall.

 

I can add subs, if necessary, but I do need to take into account my neighbors above and below me.

 

I should add that historically, I've really preferred the sound of dipoles or open-baffle designs, but I don't have the space for them here.

 

Any suggestions or recommendations for my new-to-me main speakers?

noodlyarm

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grislybutter
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some high sensitivity speakers:

brand name model price sensitivity impedance
Paradigm Premier 100B 399 90 8
Indiana TESI 261 450 91 4
Usher s-520 475 91 8
Klipsch RP-500M II 500 92 8
Tekton MINI LORE MONITOR  700 95 8
Indiana DIVA 262 800 91 4
Sonus Faber Lumina I 1000 90 4
Zu DWX 1398 95 8
Tekton DYNAMITE MONITOR 1700 92 4
Indiana DIVA 660 2100 91 8
Fyne F500SP 2300 90 8
Paradigm Founder 40B 2400 92 8
Triangle 40th Anniversary Comete EZ 2500 90 8
Zu Union 6 2900 99 8
Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL 2800USD 3000 91 6
Klipsch Heritage Heresy IV 3200 99 8
Reference 3a MM DE CAPO BE MONITOR 3290 93 8
Creative Sound Solutions Criton 2TD-X Tower 3300 90 6
Nola Boxer 3 3500 90 8
Amphion Helium520/2 way vented 3600 90 4
JBL JBL 4329 4500 91 8
Devore Fidelity FIDELITY ORANGUTAN O/BABY 6000 90 8
Volti Razz LE 6500 97 6
Q Acoustics Concept 500 7000 90 6
Vienna Acoustics Concert Grand Reference 9900 90 4
Wharfedale Elysian 4 10000 92 4
Soundkaos Vox 3 10000 90 4
Totem Element Metal V2 10500 91 4
Sonner Legato Duo 12000 90 4
Zu druid 6 12500 101 8
Tekton 1812 MODEL V12 12570 104 4
Klipsch Heritage La Scala AK6 13000 105 8
Avantgarde  Uno 15000 107 18
Verity Audio Lakme 16000 91 8
Volti Vittoria 16500 104 6
Devore Fidelity FIDELITY GIBBON X “TEN”  17000 91 8.
Perlisten  S7T 18000 92 4
Paradigm Persona 9H 18500 96 8
Triangle Magellan Quatuor 20000 91 8
Usher td-10 22000 91 8
ProAc K10 23000 92 4
grislybutter
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@gill_benedek the Monitor Audio 500 7G does look like great value

grislybutter
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as I see the Audio Note is rear ported, how are they good against the wall?

grislybutter
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@ozzy62 you understanding of the word "flawed" is flawed. Same for high efficiency. But.... good effort.

grislybutter
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@ozzy62 

there is no LaScala AK6.

And I never said there is. I spelled it correctly: "La Scala"

The AK6 was a typo from a review. Which is not a FLAW. But yes, there was ONE typo in my list from my database of 400 speakers.

You made a bigger mistake trying to correct me, when you couldn't spell La Scala. 

I am done with this kindergarten argument. You are just being difficult and vile. I spent 3 months putting together a database of speakers, entering data every weekend. I share it HERE  happily and freely when it's relevant to a question.

It seriously depresses me when I get a comment like this. Did you have a bad day? Are you taking it out on me? It did ruin my evening yesterday because I never acted in any bad way against you and yet your comment was demeaning and hurtful. 

Back to the basics: you have no clue what flawed means in terms of a database being flawed. A typo is not a flaw. I spent decades building software and database products that made great contributions to various industries, I know what flawed is vs quality is.

What's wrong with this world is belittling comments like yours.

 

 

grislybutter
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@kokakolia 

It's data from speaker manufacturer's web sites. Which I said many times.

I have no clue what you are asking. Are you saying published specs are bogus?
Are you also asking (for reasons that are a mystery to me) if I have what experience with the items? How would my experience be relevant? It is an OBJECTIVE list of DATA. The point of OBJECTIVE stuff is exactly the opposite of one's experience, it's about the data that speaker manufacturer's publish. 
 

I have one advice for you: scroll. If you can't read a list and not criticize it from such a self-serving angle, just skip it. I thought the other dude was picky but at least he had a debatable point. 

 

grislybutter
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@ghdprentice 

"flash in the pan companies"

good point. My approach was to only include companies that are at least 10 years old (few exceptions) OR have a significant number of reviews OR revenue over 5 million dollars a year.

E.g. MoFi, Revival. Fyne. Sonner

 

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