Best Speakers Close to Walls


Question... What Hi-End speakers are either sufficiently forgiving, or made, to be placed close to walls. Speaker placement in my home is limited to within 1 foot of the back walls - a tough reality. Robert Harley writes in his book High-End Audio, 'that some speakers sound better close to walls than others'. Hi-Fi Choice magazine lists a speaker catagory as "Speakers that work best close to the walls". Would love to hear some opinions and/or experience on this.
Room: 13'W X 25'L X 9'H (speakers aimed length wise)
Speakers under consideration, but not limited to:
B&W 802N, Sonus Faber Cremona, Talon Raven or Khorus X, Kharma Ceramiques, Vienna Acoustics Beethoven's or - Merlin VSM-M.
I realize there is no perfect speaker for this situation, but gotta do the best I can. Thanks!
slhijb
Linn Speakers work well close to a wall.
Most any front ported speaker works also.
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I had a pair of the Vienna Beethovens...
they were fine sounding close to the wall..
I had them running with a Macintosh MC 2100
ss amp. The only thing is that they are very
picky regarding placement. It took a long time to
dial them in. They were aproximately 1 foot from
the rear wall... I found that moving them in and out
didnt affect the depth or soundstage that much...
Overall, build quality was very nice... drivers seemed
tight and the only downside is a single binding post..
although I believe Vienna doesnt recommend biamp or biwire.
Good luck
Happy listening,
Joe
Custom Audio LLC
See the post "whatz up with hi-end speakers near walls? " below. Lots of good suggestions.