Polk speakers that are meant to be close to rear wall?

starkiller
starkiller Posts: 2,723
edited November 2010 in Speakers
Since I don't know the answer thought I would ask here :smile:

Are there any Polk speakers that are meant to be positioned very close to the rear wall? Less then 6" close and within 5-6ft of my chair?
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  • GZ
    GZ Posts: 343
    edited November 2010
    I have some older RT7's which have dual front ports placed about 6" from the wall and they sound fine. That's not to say they are 'meant' to be placed close to the wall , if they were rear ported I wouldn't have them that close.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited November 2010
    How about some SDA's
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,793
    edited November 2010
    Sda.
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  • fatpiggy
    fatpiggy Posts: 205
    edited November 2010
    Well it would depend on what size speaker you need,How large is your room.If your after a bookshelf speaker for an average size room you cant go past the RTi25 will handle 100 watts and sound excellent near 2 inches from a wall or in a bookcase.You can pick up a set off Ebay for $100 US tops.Best little speaker ever made by Polk in my opinion.

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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited November 2010
    I like my SDA II's about 7" from my front wall and I really like the sound..

    Don't even have appropriate room treatments up yet either.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited November 2010
    SDA2's. I have mine about 6-8"from the wall and it seems to be the right spot for them.

    CRS's are good this way to I believe?
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,139
    edited November 2010
    SDA all the way...
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited November 2010
    The SDA's would fit fine but the problem is the left one would be next to an IKEA expedit shelf that is 31" tall and the right will have an expedit to the left of it and a tall bookshelf that is 6 ft tall to the right of it...both expedits and the bookshelf will be with 6" of the SDA's, according to the manual this doesn't sound like a good idea...
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