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full range close to wall positioning

I am looking for a fullrange speaker for under $5,500 used that will play most all types of music (no phono) and not suffer from being placed close to the short wall ie. roughly a foot of space behind it. room size is 14'x24'x9' open on far end to kitchen. Lots of furniture in the room with shag rug over hardwood floors. Amplification will be changed depending on speaker requirements. resonable size ie. no magnepan or soundlab type monster speakers.
so far I've auditioned audio notes e speakers. what else should I look at. Seating position is about 11' but I'd appreciate a speaker that will sound good from more than one exact seating postion. Help please.
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shaun
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martykl
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IME, the older Merlin VSM SE benefits from near wall placement (bass and mid bass flesh out). Merlin designer Bobby P has recommendations for wall treatment so that imaging doesn't suffer (too much) from this arrangement. IMHO, the newer iterations of the speaker do not like near wall placement and should be out in "free space". If your placement needs change later, the "super bam" mod is available from Merlin and the modified SE is IME definitely better out away from the wall (much like the current versions).

The VSM is a smallish floorstander and the older SE should fall comfortably within your budget.

Good Luck

Marty
jrinkerptdnet
426 posts
 
Cain and Cain WWWS (Walla Walla Wall of Sound) ... single driver "horn" speaker designed to be placed flush against the wall. Wide at about 3ft but only about 8" deep. Great speaker for tubes or even solid state (chip amps or the First Watt amps in particular).

Jeff
jdoris
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North Creek Big Kat (link below). Buying the kit and having Lee Taylor do the boxes would likely have you out for less than 5k, plus an afternoon for assembly. I've not heard the Big Kat, but I have the smaller Eskas, which work quite well a few inches from the wall. John

http://www.northcreekmusic.com/Kitty/Big_Kat_Info.htm
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has2be
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I own both NHT 2.9s (fronts for H/T) and 3.3's for music both can be placed close to wall. Veiwing front on they don,t look too big but from the side they are quite deep. Bottom line they sound great , are easy to set up with less of the problems that the room itself effects most speakers . Cheers
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has2be
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The 2.9s specs are 26khz to 26 hz not 35 as stated. The 3.3.s are 23 khz to 22 khz. Cheers
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