Looking for a monitor that likes walls

Great advice so far. I like the idea of eliminating the port (either going port-less or plugging it) and adding a sub. I will look into this option further. Thanks.

Although it defied conventional wisdom, the rear-ported Platinum Audio Solo's about 18 inches out from the wall sounded well balanced in my listening room. They run about $600 used on Audiogon, more when the custom matching stands are included. This is the monitor speaker which does not require a sub-woofer, bringing a quality of bass reproduction not otherwise available in this size, and price range. I just saw this speaker for sale here on Audiogon.

i love my polk rt25i> great speaker for very little money. you might look at the paradigm studio 20v.3. they sound awesome and are front ported.

I love my Polks too. I will use them in another room for sure. I heard a set of paradigm floor standers a while back and almost bought them until my budged intervened. I am curious about the recent posts on the GMA Europas, particularly a post that compared them to the Epos. I think they're front ported too. Any opinions on these besides the need for serious weight training to lift them?