Allison and Snell - Against the Wall


One previous trend that has vanished and I wish would re-appear is speakers designed specifically to go up against the wall.

Sometimes custom line arrays are made like this, but neither Snell nor Allison's approach required line arrays to work correctly.  Is there a brand out there now which has taken up these design ideas?
erik_squires
I suppose the ultimate "against-the-wall" speaker is an in-wall speaker. There are many to choose from, including multiple options from Martin Logan.

@cleeds

Very good point, do we dismiss them when we should be embracing them?

Maybe they are inherently better speakers than floor standers?
John Dunlavy once told me his most coherent speaker was an in wall. Even though we were dealers I never saw or heard them. Best in walls I have ever heard were by James..aluminum cabinet that mounted to the studs in wall.
Had 3 different sales meetings with Peter Snell..every room has wall and floor boundaries several of his designs used these barriers to augment their performance or he created a speaker with it's own boundary the Snell 3a and a couple of others. Tom