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Speakers that work close to the back wall

Hi! I'm trying to help my friend, who is new to audio (so am I), to built a new system. His room is 12x20x8 ft. with hardwood floors. His taste in music is mainly jazz.
The major constraint in terms of speakers placement is the distance to the back wall( he lives in a relatively small high-rise condo). He would prefer to keep it at 2-3 ft. max.
We also decided, that for now he will stay with quality integrated for amplification ( Plinius 9200, maybe new DK amp.) The amp should be SS ( apprehensive of tubes for some reason).
The price for speakers is not a major consideration, he's fairly flexible.
A few choices considered:
Von Schweikert VR-4 JR
Green Mountain Callisto
Totem Forest
I'm not sure wich speaker will work best near the back wall.
Please share your thoughts, every opinion is welcome. Regards.
maril555
maril555 OP
619 posts
 
I mean front baffle to the wall.
catt3
5 posts
 
Anything that is ported in the front would be better suited to being close to the wall (as opposed to a rear ported design). This prevents the bass from becoming overbearing.
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akg_ca
2,146 posts
 
Totem Arros : 6" away-from-wall placement and an awesome speaker ( see Totem website for specs and speaker placement FAQs)
khaki8
206 posts
 
Audio Note speakers are designed to go all the way in the corners. All price points of the J and E speakers sound superb.
happyg68130104
1 posts
 
I have a friend with Meadowlark kestrals placed close to the wall and they sound good-real good. While shopping around, he was also told that one of the Spendor speakers worked well against the wall, but he could never find a place to audition them.
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