Best Speaker Choices For Nearfield Listening


Would Appreciate you fellow audio buffs throwing some suggestions my way. I posted a similar thread sometime ago but some of the suggestions then never materialized on the used market for me. I'm looking for a monitor or small floor standing speaker to replace my big Mirage M-5's that while nice, are just too big for my small room. I live in a in law unit and my listening area is the living room. I'ts only 10 feet wide with a standard 8 ft ceiling. Room is fairly long, maybe 30 feet long and speakers are on the long wall a bit off center. My ears are roughly 6.5-7 feet away from the speakers which I have to have about 3 feet from the rear wall due to the rear firing bi polar design. Perhaps a speaker that can be a little closer to the wall would help? I listen mainly to classic hard rock (Who, Zepp, Scorpions, UFO) Blues and older west coast style jazz. Assoc gear is:
Aragon 8008bb amp
Musical Fidelity A3cr pre
PS Audio Power plant (P-300)
Signal Cable inters and one power cord
Remaining power cords are PS Audio extreme and statements.
Audio Quest speaker cable bi wired
Speakers need to be bi wirable.
Thanks in advance.
zar

Showing 1 response by racamuti

I have used in the past Reference3A MM DeCapo's in a nearfield situation and liked them very much. They should be no closer than 2 ft from the wall behind them as they are rear ported and fireing straight ahead with no toe in. I never used a powerfull amp like yours, but I don't think that would be a problem. If you buy any speaker used and search for a deal you should be able to sell without losing any money if they don't suit you.