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Speakers that work close to the back wall

Hi! I'm trying to help my friend, who is new to audio (so am I), to built a new system. His room is 12x20x8 ft. with hardwood floors. His taste in music is mainly jazz.
The major constraint in terms of speakers placement is the distance to the back wall( he lives in a relatively small high-rise condo). He would prefer to keep it at 2-3 ft. max.
We also decided, that for now he will stay with quality integrated for amplification ( Plinius 9200, maybe new DK amp.) The amp should be SS ( apprehensive of tubes for some reason).
The price for speakers is not a major consideration, he's fairly flexible.
A few choices considered:
Von Schweikert VR-4 JR
Green Mountain Callisto
Totem Forest
I'm not sure wich speaker will work best near the back wall.
Please share your thoughts, every opinion is welcome. Regards.
maril555
drrdiamond
671 posts
 
Try the top of the NHT line. It is either the 3 or 3.3. they are designed to be against the wall.

Richard
ozfly
887 posts
 
Snells like back walls -- I just heard that from a fellow audiophile here in Charlotte who used to have a pair. Here are a few other threads that also talk to this. Quite frankly, until very recently, I didn't think there were any that sounded good close to the rear wall, but I was wrong. Enjoy the threads:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1100271700&read&keyw&zzrear=wall

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1090795307&read&keyw&zzrear=wall

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1099265083&read&keyw&zzrear=wall

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1097465470&read&keyw&zzrear=wall

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1079404724&read&keyw&zzrear=wall

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1070053109&read&keyw&zzrear=wall

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1097710734&openfrom&4&4#4
inscrutable
313 posts
 
Maril555,
I don't believe any of those you mention like the back wall. Drrdiamond is correct ... my NHT 3.3's like to be placed within 6 inches of the wall.
glide3
402 posts
 
The audio note speakers would do well... this agrees with an above poster who recommends snell as the AN's are based on this design.
johnnantais
621 posts
 
The larger Rega speakers are engineered to be used against the back wall, and being one of the best at rhythm (paper-cone woofer, transmission-line) would be perfect for jazz as well. Try a pair of Ela's, which sound absolutely superb with Class A amps.
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