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Speakers placed against back wall

Newby needs help!

Can anyone provide some speaker suggestions for someone who has very limited choices for speaker location? My speakers will need to be within 6 inches of back wall in an appx 1000 sq foot space [family room plus kitchen area, hall]. Demo-ed the 1.6 and 2.4 Thiels, and could not belive how much worse they were against the wall. PSB Synchrony 1 did better [but cabs were too orange/red cherry].

Older Carver amp north of 300 watts/channel, so power not a problem. Have Velodyne DD-10 sub for lows.

Trying to stay under $4 grand, and need dark cherry cabs, small footprint [height not a problem] to achieve "spousal acceptance factor" often referenced in these forums.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.
pow0516
pow0516 OP
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Thanks again, Itball--tough choice but thinking i will go with the Tyler line, so many good things being said about Ty to work with, and he thinks his will work pretty well against the wall, and high WAF on the cabinets. Nice thing about all the recommendations I have received is that I have had a chance to look at a lot of high class alternatives!

Tom
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itball
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Tom - keep me posted please. Very interested to see what you think of the Tylers and how they work in your situation. If I can swing an upgrade in the future it may well be to the Linbrook Signatures which I think share a sonic signature with the System 2.
murr
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I just bought a pair of Kudos C2 for the same purpose. They are floor ported and I keep them about 4-6 inches of the wall. The detail is great, excellent sound stage a the base is very textured. Good luck
pow0516 OP
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Thanks Murr! The Kudos look very interesting, and I have not seen many floor ported speakers. Itball, if you like, can keep you posted, but Ty thinks that the Taylo 7 will actually fit my purposes more [bigger soundstage, and lows can be covered by the DD-10 sub], and wife likes the smaller footprint. He did say the sound was similar to System II, with a little less lower response.

Thanks again to everyone for the great ideas! Have learned a lot and will follow up with a post once new speakers are up and running
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