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Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement?

Hi all, hoping to learn from your experiences.  My listening space is living room/kitchen (10x15) in a small apartment. Due to kitchen counter, speaker placement is along 7 ft front wall pointing towards living room sofa, with room corner and kitchen counter "corner" as the boundaries. 

Looking for speaker options that can go near wall/corner and perform well.  Have looked into Audio Note, Zu Audio, Klipsch horns, Tribe On-Wall, Ohm Acoustics, etc. Started with Dynaudio bookshelves + dual subs placed on either side of small kitchen table about 5.5' apart. 50/50 music/movies.  I understand I may not get great imaging given my sofa position of 10-12 feet back from speakers 5-6 feet apart, but I can always move closer for listening. Thanks!


edvardmonk
larryi
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Gradient Revolutions are made to accommodate different speaker locations, particularly those close to walls.  To me, they sound very good.  I like Audio Note speakers in close to the wall locations too (I see you have already looked into that brand).

Rodge827 menioned the Charney Maestro.  I heard their larger model, the Companion in a small room.  It is a serious challenger to almost ANY speaker, regardless of price.  The Companion is somewhat deeper than the Maestro, so it might not be as suited for a near wall setup.  I believe you can get the Maestro with different drivers; the Voxativ is a very nice driver, but, for my taste, the AER drivers offered by Charney are even better (better extension on top).
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verdantaudio
1,499 posts
 
Scansonic HD made modifications to their designs and the new MBX-B Line of speakers will do well and still give you decent imaging.  Side wall has never been a problem and they redesign allows them to work better near the back wall.  

They have a nice pair of standmounts and some smallish floorstanders that could work well in your room.  PM me if you want to discuss.  I am an authorised dealer.  
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twoleftears
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Nobody's mentioned Larsen yet.
mrdecibel
3,063 posts
 
If you can find a mint, used pair of NHT 3.3s, they would work great. Had a pair. with a monster ss amp, quite the reproduction. Still liked horns better, so, like so many others, I sold them. I am a Khorn fan, so..........
big_greg
6,623 posts
 
These little guys are purportedly designed exactly for your situation -  https://echohifi.com/details/14950/Linn_Majik-109
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