Your Opinion: Coincident Vs. Silverline?

David12 . I belive you have beem misled. The side firing woffer are a plus, not a negative. I suggest you will be happier with a Super Eclipse VS the Sonata's. Have heard them both and the SE is better by far.

Sorry, you misunderstood my answer, it was'nt meant as a criticism of the side firing woofer, only remarking that it made them of necessity, deeper and therefore more difficult to accomodate for myself and steinway57. I will relook at the Super Eclipse at your suggestion.

As a former Sonata owner, I can tell you that they absolutely will not work 12" from the wall as you propose. They also need a decent sized room because they have prodigous bass capability that will sound overblown if not properly set up. They definitely don't sound like the speaker for you.

Oz

Thanks for your replies and advice. I have since spoken rather extensively with Alan Yun, owner of Silverline, and Alan adamantly says that his speakers CAN be placed close to the rear wall, as long as you leave about 5 inches or so from the wall; the length of your hand he says. Alan says that the rear port just disperses energy along the wall but it should not bounce into the listening room and cause boominess. In fact, I spoke with Alan today about his speaker with the rear woofer and, once again, Alan said it's fine to place that speaker near the rear wall, 5 inches or so away.

The Coincident will work just as well in clsoe wall. Mine are 18 incheds from back wall and 6" from sides. Not optimum , but they still sound great.