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Speakers that can be placed against the wall?

I have finally decided to do something I promised myself I would do when I got out of college (just took about 20 years to make it a priority)...Get an upper-end stereo system. My problem is I live in a small house and need to be able to place the speakers against the wall. The room is about 18' x 13' with the speakers located against the long (18') wall. I will be able to keep the speakers away from the side walls but they need to stay close to the back wall. I like Jazz, don't usually listen at loud volumes, but would like to have a speaker that will sound good with most types of music (not asking much, am I?). I don't want to spend more than about $4-5K for the speakers (I'll probably buy used). This is the first component I want to buy for my system. I'm probably going to use a tube preamp and solid state amp (or monoblock amps). Any recommendations for speakers that can be placed against the rear wall, in a smallish room that can give good soundstage and imaging? Or should I take up knitting?
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If you can find some North Creek Eska's or Kitty Kats, they were specifically designed for close-to-wall placement. They use fantastic drivers and over-built crossovers with incredible parts quality (ScanSpeak tweeters/Vifa woofers, etc.)

The Cornwalls is an interesting suggestion. They are a bit colored by modern tastes, and they're relatively HUGE, but can sound really sweet with good low-power tube equipment. Like even a Dynaco ST-70 will sound fantastic.

I love Maggies, but the MMG's mentioned above won't give you good results close to a wall. They like to be a few feet out. Great bargain/fantastic sound tho.

HTH!
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