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Allison and Snell - Against the Wall

One previous trend that has vanished and I wish would re-appear is speakers designed specifically to go up against the wall.

Sometimes custom line arrays are made like this, but neither Snell nor Allison's approach required line arrays to work correctly.  Is there a brand out there now which has taken up these design ideas?
erik_squires
yyzsantabarbara
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The new Vivid S12 is sort like an in wall speaker with the wall mounting device that is coming out.

The Wilson TuneTots go against the wall.

The speaker I want from my downstairs living room has to go very close to the wall (half foot). I have been told the KEF Reference 1 will work and even the large Yamaha NS5000. I am not sold on that yet but I have a huge room there so that may make a difference.

My dad had Allison 2 speakers for about 20 years. I think he still has them lying around his basement, though not in use.
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erik_squires OP
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@theaudiotweak

The Snell A/III had a massive curved baffle under the cloth, but I thought it was still designed to be placed up to a wall.  Am I mistaken?
theaudiotweak
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It did both..It had a rectangular but shallow bass cabinet with a downward facing weighted 10 in woofer slot loaded around 3 sides. The top enclosure contained the mid and tweet on a curved baffle..the tweeter was a dome but had a lens applied. The top and bottom mated up via pegs in the cabinet. Intended to place against the wall. Peter had a useful patent on cabinet designs to overcome boundary interference. Tom
 



theaudiotweak
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Peter Snell US Patent 3964571 if anyone cares to look and ponder..Tom
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