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Best monitor against wall

I have heard so many conflicting reports about this. Is there a monitor or narrow/smallish full range speaker of exceptional quality and sound that does not mind or even prefers to be very close to the wall behind it?
mizrachi
cdc2
122 posts
 
The Tyler Reference Monitors are front ported and sound great in our den wall unit. Even on a shelf, they image and sound great. For more information visit
http://tyleracoustics.home.mindspring.com/taylo.html
s23chang
620 posts
 
Don't forget the ATC SCM10s.
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
I'm also interested because I have one workable location, On a 7X10 shelf mounted to a wall. I've auditioned RBH MC-6C, Meadowlark Swallow, System Audio SA-205 and am considering NSM, Von Schwiekert VR-1, Soliloquy SAT-5, Ageis AE-1, Sonus Faber Concertino. The main problem is that I'm rural and don't live within a few hundred miles of any major city so auditions are difficult. I have a Linn LP12 and Parasound separates.
jrd351
332 posts
 
the gradient intro...allison four
nzera
68 posts
 
If (non-thin) full-range sound from a petite speaker is the goal, I have to second the Carolina Audio recomendation- really must be heard to be believed. The Konus Essense is a similar (but more expensive) design that has been well reviewed. They are less picky about electronics or placement than any speaker I have owned.

Spendor S3/5s also sound pretty robust for their size. Totem speakers might also work.
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