2. speakers
  3. 1078513933

Best-front ported monitor speakers?

I need, unfortunatuley, to keep monitors I buy close to the rear wall. I know this will be far from ideal but the room set-up does allow for others (and allow me to stay married). Any ideas for what front-ported speakers would suffer the least... been considering Joseph Audio rm7 Spendor 2/3..Your help would be greatly appreciated.
rspark
rspark OP
37 posts
 
Thanks so much for the feedback. Sounds like I should be looking at sealed-speakers and no front-ported. Any opinions/experience regarding Merlin TSM's close to rear wall? Thanks
elevick
2,638 posts
 
NO PORT AT ALL! Soliloquy Sat-5. Amazingly clear and clean with a design that allows placement almost anywhere. Yes, you need a sub for real bass, but they are quite nice down to 70hz or so.
celtic66
1,682 posts
 
ATC SCM 12s, British, more open and natural than Spendors, non-ported, difficult to drive properly (code: inefficient)yet probably the most detailed and natural cone speaker I've every heard. Benchmark of simplicity.
ladderlake's avatar
ladderlake
21 posts
 
The GMA Europas are front ported. They are a great speaker for the money.

Cheers
weinhen
15 posts
 
I definitely would consider the Joseph's. As an owner of the 25's, however, I might be considered biased ;)
If you're in NYC they can be auditioned at Rhapsody.

BTW, while you're checking them out, you might also consider a nice Korean tofu restaurant called Cho Dang Gol on 35th street, nearby.

Your pal,

Andrew
More to discover