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Speakers to beat wife-factor ?

I'm looking to replace my Klipsch Forte's with something more refined, but wife-factor requires placement very near rear brick wall, in a 12x14 room (England). Child-factor requires floor-standers -- boxes on stands wouldn't survive. Would like a Maggie-flavored sound, but is there anything that can deliver with its back to the wall and its feet on the ground? I want to keep the solid bass I have now with the Forte's, but want to improve the rest of the sound. Is my quest impossible?
mr_spock
jman
99 posts
 
NHT 3.3 is the only hi-end speaker that comes to mind as working well against the wall. It's floor standing, with a very wide frequency spectrum. It has relatively discreet looks (wife factor) and would be a big step up from your Forte (my old speaker). There is a scaled down version which may better suit your room size and is also less expensive - NHT 2.9. Whatever speaker you choose (and there isn't many that work well against a wall) make sure you put some kind of treatments (ie rug) on that brick wall.
sksnyder43a8
1 posts
 
Since you like Maggies, another option is to get them. Go with 1.2 or 1.6 to keep the size down. For backround music you can keep them close to the wall, for serious listening you can bring them out into the room. If you need better bass, add a subwoofer in one or both corners.
eldragon
707 posts
 
Forget the wooden boxes! Check out the "Avantgarde".If she doesn't fall in love with them... well you are on your on. I have a phone number, they will send you a catalog. 1-800-944-9537 (i saw them in the latest "stereophile")
jrinkerptdnet
430 posts
 
You would not get Forte like bass from the Magnepans or any panel speaker ... they just don't produce bass the same way. A good box speaker that allows placement relatively close to the rear wall is the Aerial Acoustics Model 6. It is small (for a floor stander) and quite handsome. Unfortunately the UK price is probably high compared to the US price. Good luck!
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