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Best speaker in nearfield listening

I have heard that Audio Physic is great in the nearfield listening position. I sit six to seven feet from the speaker. My budget is up to 5K used. I really want to make this work in a very close listening environment.
hiflyer
cablues
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Try the Audio Physic Avanti Centuries it blows the Virgo's and the new Avanti III's away. This is a special edition Avanti that uses the tweeter from the $20K Audio Physic Caledra. I believe there is a pair on Audiogon for under 5K....good luck.
kublakhan
718 posts
 
i listen to my acoustat model IIIs about 7-8 feet back and the sound is gigantic. i think these work great close because they beam (one of their drawbacks) and dont interfere with each other. once you find the right position it's heaven. although you'll be doing most of your listening alone. they do sound significantly better at higher rather than lower volumes though but turn these things up and you're there like no other speaker i've heard. you can get a pair of mint acoustats for $1000 and spend the other 4k on prostitutes and cheeze nips...treat yourself.
subaruguru
1,376 posts
 
My Verity Audio Parsifal Encores (front-firing bases) are extraordinarily coherent in the nearfield. "Hey, they're $13k new!" Yup, but the top-half satellites (Parsifal Monitors) cost only $5500 list new!...and measure even flatter in the nearfield (although they roll off below 60Hz). If you could find a used pair of these for around $3k I'd STRONGLY suggest you get 'em! 'Stat-like speed and transparency with GREAT jump-factor. And small, too.
Good luck. Ern
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hifigod
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Over 80 percent of the classical music world for many years have been using B&W 801 & 805 Matrix series speakers. Their biggest client has 30 pairs of the 801 Matrix. All used the speakers in a nearfield application.
Today, most of them are in the middle of switching over to the new Nautilus series.
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