Audio Note AN-K sealed cabinets and designed to be placed in a corner or against a wall. Should be around your budget.
Bookshelf Speakers that have to be up against the wall
My very first posting, so be gentle. Looking to upgrade my bookshelf speakers, say to a max of 3k or so. I have an old mcintosh amp and pre. plenty of power. I now have to put my speakers against the wall and the ported ones I have now don’t ‘bloom’ now, they sound a bit muffled - they lost most of their imaging. I think because they are ported in the back also aside from being against the wall. I’d like to hear from anyone who has had that problem and recommendations from those with knowledge of solving this issue.
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Also, like Erik said, do not get a speaker with a rear port if you are going to push it up against the wall. Make sure it has a front port. Actually I was being a little more nuanced than this. Designing a speaker to be on a counter, near a wall requires a different crossover than one designed to be out in the room. In a close space like that we can forego the baffle steep compensation in the crossover which yields a higher efficiency design. The trouble is, the speaker out in free air will sound thin. Another option is to use a professional, powered monitor which lets you dial in the amount of bass. |
deadhead1000 All Linn speakers, back in the old days, Sara, Isobraric, Kan ect were voiced to be hard up against the wall, maybe the new ones do too? Cheers George |
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