Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement?


Hi all, hoping to learn from your experiences.  My listening space is living room/kitchen (10x15) in a small apartment. Due to kitchen counter, speaker placement is along 7 ft front wall pointing towards living room sofa, with room corner and kitchen counter "corner" as the boundaries. 

Looking for speaker options that can go near wall/corner and perform well.  Have looked into Audio Note, Zu Audio, Klipsch horns, Tribe On-Wall, Ohm Acoustics, etc. Started with Dynaudio bookshelves + dual subs placed on either side of small kitchen table about 5.5' apart. 50/50 music/movies.  I understand I may not get great imaging given my sofa position of 10-12 feet back from speakers 5-6 feet apart, but I can always move closer for listening. Thanks!


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I doubt those Spendors are copies of the LS35a even though they look like them externally. The LS35a was a specification. The crossover was very complex and looked like an amplifier. At their price the Spendors A1S may look like LS35a but almost certainly aren’t same inside. I have seen Sterling modern versions of LS35a but they’re $2500 or whatever. And they are placed very far from room boundaries like the original LS35a.
@yogiboy I was referring to the LS35a, the speaker you mentioned, that should never be placed close to a room boundary. I had two pairs of LS35a. The reason is LS35a have a hump in mid bass that is accentuated when placed near room boundary. They should be at least 3 feet from room boundaries.
Ack-chew-ally, the Rogers LS35a and similar speakers require placement far from any walls or corners.