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Speakers with wide listening window

I am looking to upgrade my speakers (currently Paradigm Monitor 7 v3). My biggest complaint about the Paradigms is their thin optimal listening window. If I am out of a narrow corridor directly in front of them, or if I am listening more than 4 ft off the ground, the sound drastically depreciates. I realize that all of this is inherent to some degree in any 2-channel system, but I am generally active and moving around while listening to music (e.g. while cooking) so I'm really looking for a set of speakers that can fill a room (20x30x10) without needing to be too loud.

My budget is about 1500 (up to 2k, max) new or used. The rest of my (vinyl only) system is:

Clearaudio Virtuoso Cart
Marantz 15-TTs1
Onkyo A10 integrated amp

Thanks!
blnd2spll

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audioconnection
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Bose 901, the only way to get a wide listening window is to use a speaker that is so defuse that it can't possibly have a "sweet spot". The higher resolution and more transparent a speaker the smaller and sweeter the sweet spot. It is simple physics primarily because there is only one spot where the listener is the same distance away from both speakers.
Cheers Johnnyr
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