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What speaker for being close to rear wall?

I'm looking for a speaker that would excel, not just tolerate, being near the rear wall. It needs to be within 12 inches. Don't worry about cost. Also I recently tried Audio Notes so you can leave those off the suggestion list.I don't have symmetrical defined corners. :(

Thanks!

Mike
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geoch
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Audio Note !
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rodge827
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Omega! Any of the XRS line will do. Louis will also build any of his other designs with a front firing port for close to the wall positioning. Great sound and a 30 return policy.
jlamb
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The Joseph RM7 are front ported and do quite well near walls. Then again I have owned these for a long time, so I'm biased.
soundgasm
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front-ported Rega's work well near a wall. I've had the 1's, 3's and 5's in this configuration with good results.
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atmasphere
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My Classic Audio Loudspeakers are 6 inches from the rear wall and no worries. The down-firing woofers seem to be effective at dealing with proximity issues- the speakers don't boom even though they go down to 20Hz.

Duke of Audiokinesis had a set of speakers at the RMAF show ($4400/pair!) that can back up close to the wall too. They have a set of drivers that fire to the side walls, which is helpful for breaking up standing wave issues and at the same time allowing for a great sound stage.
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