Try the top of the NHT line. It is either the 3 or 3.3. they are designed to be against the wall.
Richard
Richard
Speakers that work close to the back wall
Snells like back walls -- I just heard that from a fellow audiophile here in Charlotte who used to have a pair. Here are a few other threads that also talk to this. Quite frankly, until very recently, I didn't think there were any that sounded good close to the rear wall, but I was wrong. Enjoy the threads: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1100271700&read&keyw&zzrear=wall http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1090795307&read&keyw&zzrear=wall http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1099265083&read&keyw&zzrear=wall http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1097465470&read&keyw&zzrear=wall http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1079404724&read&keyw&zzrear=wall http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1070053109&read&keyw&zzrear=wall http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1097710734&openfrom&4&4#4 |
I'll second the statement made by Johnnantis about Rega's. I recently bought a pair of Rega Ela's. I have them positioned about 8" from the wall now and they actually sound better than when they were out about 3 ft. The bass is fuller, and there's no material harm to the sound stage. I'm still trying to decide where I like them best, but it seems they like it best about 12-15 inches out. By contrast, my Totems are much better about 4 ft out. |
Audionote speakers work quite well placed 2-3 feet from the front wall. I heard, at CES, the Gradient speaker working quite close to the walls of a small hotel room (about 1.5 ft) and they sounded quite good in that location. This is a compact, nice-looking speaker that is almost never seen but deserves more attention. |