Speakers for Near Wall Placement

Speakers that are designed to be placed up against or very near the wall will typically have the woofers on the side of the cabinet near the floor with the mid-woofer / midrange up off the floor quite a bit on the front of the panel. This has to do with reinforcement / cancellation being factored into the speakers in-room response. The first speakers that i know of that were specifically designed to be placed near walls, corners, etc... was the AR 9. You can see the influences of this basic design and the research that went into it ALL over the place nowadays. Reading the owners manual for those speakers ( all 48 pages of it ) is quite enlightening. Sean
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If you can find them, the Gradient speakers are designed for this, as are NHT 3.3s.

The Aerial 6s have a bass port in the front. They can be placed close to the wall. You might contact Aerial to confirm and ask their recommendation.

NHT 3.3's. They are designed to go right up against the wall.

Tyler acoustics taylo reference are front ported. Imaging may suffer somewhat but mine sound fine against the wall on stands.