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K-horn won't fit, any other corner speakers recommended for a big room?

I am dealing with two very small corners in a fairly large room that I want to fill with a very open and transparent sound.  I currently have a set of VonSchweikert VR3's in the corners and they sound great on the bottom end, but are lacking the resolve that I am looking for on the top end.  I would like something that is a little less laid back.  As mentioned in the title, I would love to put in a set of Klipschorns but there is a window at each corner that will not allow a K-horn to fit without covering the window.  This is a fairly big room (22 x 30 x9) with three walls of windows and large opening at the back of the room that goes to the kitchen.  Due to WAF, the two corners on the 22' wall are the only locations that are acceptable and yes, my VR3's are about 20' apart.  My listening zone is at about 24-25' away so it works out ok but soundstage and imaging does suffer because of this.  My thoughts are that speakers that are meant to load off the corners of the room and aim towards the center (K-horn) is the correct path for me.  In a perfect world, I would be able to enjoy them at 12' away as well as 24' away.  Currently, my setup actually sounds better at 24'.  Does anyone have suggestions for speakers that are meant to go into a corner or very close to corners?  Ideally, I'd love to get a pair of Maggies because I have always loved them when set up correctly, but I don't know how I could make them work well within my constraints.  One last comment, I still have small kids at home so the wife needs to stay in case that was Option 1.  Anyone ever had this problem to deal with and did you ever solve it?

speed005
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danmar123
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+1 for LA Scala ll, plus subs that is designed for music, not home theater.

sns
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I like what whart said in regard to windows. I have Khorns, with window on side wall about 12" in front of speaker. I place removable treatments over window during listening sessions.

erik_squires
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Well, given how limited you are in location, I'd strongly suggest you look into tone controls first.

The corner placement is going to cause a severe imbalance of bass to everything else.  You need to reduce the bass output more than control the mid and treble dispersion.  In other words, you need tone controls. 

But to answer the question as asked, the Audio Note speakers are designed for corners and Klipsch Heresy's may also fit your description, but may still need bass reduction. 

erik_squires
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BTW, I just looked for pictures, I can't quite tell, but if your bass units are separate or powered you may be able to reduce the power to them separately, by reducing the input to the bass amp or bi-amping and adding a volume control for the bass.

sryeager
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I have a long narrow room, about 15 x 40, with mostly glass along one wall and openings to a hallway an kitchen along the other.  My speakers are about 18 inches from the corners on the narrow front wall.  I replaced my old Ohm Walsh 4s with the 5000 upgrade.  Fantastic.  I have the bass set to medium, and have taken my REL T5 subs out of the system.  Unless I sit in the middle of the living room with the speakers, I don’t think my room will ever be very ideal for pinpoint imaging, so I tried used Ohm Walsh 4s a few years ago.  Haven’t thought of trying anything else since.  They also sound great in the open kitchen, with plenty of bass, at the far end of the room which is essentially the back wall.

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