What speaker for being close to rear wall?


I'm looking for a speaker that would excel, not just tolerate, being near the rear wall. It needs to be within 12 inches. Don't worry about cost. Also I recently tried Audio Notes so you can leave those off the suggestion list.I don't have symmetrical defined corners. :(

Thanks!

Mike
mmike84
I don't have symmetrical defined corners.

AN speakers do not necessarily have to be placed in the corners. I know several folks who use their ANs (and Snells) in the middle of a long wall. You will have to play with toe in, and the placment from the back wall might need to be tweaked for each speaker to even out the sound at your listening position.

It sound like you have a less than optimal room. Welcome t the club. There are no perfect solutions (other than building yourself a more perfect room). I think that you are either going t have to accept some compramise in sound or speaker placement. Or you can try to correct for the the room acoustics digitally via a Tact or some other room correction device. That's not my cup of tea, but it's an option.
Br3098- Thanks for your input.

I've tried both of those. Couldn't get AN's to sound good. They were flat. 2 dimensional. The dealer wants to try again but they just didn't sound right in my room.

A while back I tried an electronic room correction device. I also decided that was not my cup of tea.
Another option would be the Totem "on wall" (Tribe series) speakers.

I heard the Tribe V series with a Tribe Sub and they sounded amazing!

http://totemacoustic.com/english/hi-fi/on-wall/
Ditto Vandersteen. Richard Vandersteen recommends that they be close to the back wall. If I get mine any further out from the back wall than 18" the bass starts to fall off, and they are very comfortable a foot away. The rear firing accoustic coupler needs the rear wall to augment the bass response.