"Bookshelf" speakers designed to be placed near the wall behind them?
I'm giving up my beloved (14-year love affair) Sonus Faber Cremonas in order to reclaim valuable floor space in the living room. Currently they are placed on the floor in front of the fireplace & hearth - our new home has pretty much everything we wanted, *except* an audio-friendly layout in the living room.
My plan is to put a pair of smaller speakers up on the hearth on either side of the fireplace. Probably will need custom stands to get the tweeters near ear level. The hearth is 13.5" above the floor and is about 19" deep.
My first candidate was the Wilson Audio Duettes, a speaker explicitly designed for placement in close proximity to the wall behind them, *until* I saw their price - $22k. I'm sure they're spectacular speakers, but that's well above my retired-guy budget. I'd like to stay at $5k or under. So I started looking at bookshelf speakers that are either sealed-box or front-ported ...
And I came across the Aerial 5T - a $4k speaker with a 1" woven ring-dome tweeter, a 6.7" papyrus-blend woofer and a front slot-shaped port. *And* it's specifically designed to be placed from 2" to 24" from walls. So that's my current front-runner.
But I'd be interested to hear others' recommendations - I certainly haven't looked at all the possibilities that are out there. So let me know your thoughts!
Totem Model One signature editions (they might be called Model Ones) These speakers will blow you away in terms of bass and dynamics with awesome high end extension. With proper stands ,you can place them a foot off the wall and they sound terrific. Driven by a clean 100wpc amp they will provide goosebumps! At around $2000 for the pair Totem Acoustics has been making this speaker for a few decades! Look up some reviews.
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