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ute-friendly speakers?

A mint pair of maggie 3.3R are leaving me, to make room for: 1) more room in the house and 2) a ute that's about to be ambulatory. This means I need to "upgrade" to a speaker that is 1) able to be pushed up near the rear wall and still sound good (the maggies are three feet out) and 2) no unguarded components within 2 feet of the floor (lookout for that caroming ute with a sharp pencil!).

Because it would be too easy, I have to rule out bookshelf/stand combos (yes, there's some WA factor there). Based on audiogon pricing, it looks like I have between 1,500 and 2,000 to spend. I'm not fussy about buying used. The amp is a NAD 125 wpc, with a powered monitor audio sub, and the room is 20 x 30.

Once I discovered the maggies, I never thought I'd let them go, so I have not stayed up on speakers. Is there something that meets my (admittedly picky) critera, and still maintains some of the imaging and openness of the maggies?
tucco

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lngbruno
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I second Tireguy's suggestion especially if you like Magnepans. A friend of mine hung his 1.6QR's by cables, angled them downward and toed into the sweet spot and secured them to the back wall with a brace at the bottom. He likes to sail so he got all his hardware stuff from a boat shop. It kept them safe from all sorts of kritters and sounded pretty good considering they were up off the floor by over three feet with the top angled downward approimately 30 degrees.

Good luck,
Lou
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