Need Speakers at least 4 feet high


Very disturbing what wives can do - first it was move them closer to the wall - did so, at significant cost of soundstaging and imaging - next, I come home and there is that huge, upholstered chair that she is crazy about, the size of the Whire House, completely obscuring the speaker! "What's the problem"? She asks, get higher speakers, then!!" So, I need your help. To do just that. I cant even see the right speaker now. The house-sized chair is planted right in front of the right speaker! Her revenge.
Budget - about $10-12K, must have coherence of Kharma 3.2 Enigmas, which they will replace. (And which some lucky soul with a kinder wife can buy:) Must image 2 ft from front wall, 8 ft apart, room size, 23' X 16 ft X high A type ceiling. System: EMM CDSD/DCC2, Sota Cosmos V, EAR 324, AS MP-1, AS MA 2.2,(200 WPC, Class A, OTL - likes 8 ohm inpedance) PAD Dominus S/C.
This is a serious request of y'all, so please, despite your suggestions of dumping the chair and the wife, let me know if there are any speakers out there that I should look at.
Thanks.
springbok10

Showing 1 response by pdreher

Dynaudio Confidence C2's or C4's would meet your price criteria if purchased used. The C2's are approx. 61" tall and the C4's come in at 69" tall. I have no experience with Kharma's speakers, but I've owned the C2's and now own the C4's, and can tell you Dynaudio's Confidence line is no slouch. There's a pair of Rosewood C4's currently listed at a decent price that you can look at.

Where you may run into an issue is the 2 foot distance from the back wall. I currently have my C4's approx. 36" from the wall to the back side of the speaker. You could stuff the rear ports with the foam plugs that come with the speakers.

Considering that you have two other systems, another consideration is to sell your problematic system and dump the funds into one of your other systems. But then again, based upon your system description, it does not sound like funding is a problem for you ;).