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    Posted: 11 Apr 2008 at 10:07am
Can any one recommend reasonably priced small bookshelf speakers that work well against a wall. Size should be around Warfdale Diamond size. They are to go on shelves directly against a wall. I believe Mission made some and also made some for Denon !! But do they work against a wall?
 
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Hi
 
I have a pair of very small Denon speakers made by Mission. They came off a Denon midi system.
 
They look like this:
 
 
They have a rear port and I had until recently been using them on my computer. However, last week when I finally figured that the cross overs in my main speakers had died, I pressed them into service on my main system. They don't have a huge amount of bass in comparison to my TDL RTL2 but they sound surprisingly OK. It doesn't seem to matter where they are positioned.
 
The link above includes a What Hifi review of the whole system.
 
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Hi Dave , thanks for that info.
 
Those are the speakers made by Mission I was trying to remember!, sadly not made any more. I shall look out for some/search the web etc. Colour is right too !!
 
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I think I read somewhere that mission also sold these under their own brand name.  Those are more likely to be available second hand or in some shop's store room, I'd have thought. I doubt many mini stytem buyers upgrade speakers...
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Originally posted by ABPest ABPest wrote:

Can any one recommend reasonably priced small bookshelf speakers that work well against a wall. Size should be around Warfdale Diamond size. They are to go on shelves directly against a wall. I believe Mission made some and also made some for Denon !! But do they work against a wall?
 
Adrian.
 
Oh, I almost forgot to mention....
 
I have a pair of Royd Sintras in my garage, sitting unused.
 
They are 7 litre minatures, finished in black real wood veneer. Again rear ported and can be sited more or less anywhere but they have a leanish sound and are happy near walls.  Very heavy though: mass loaded with cast iron or something. Need a very strong shelf...
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Dave , you have put me into a minefield LOL
 
A quick look on evilbay shows results for Mission/Denon  SCM5K, SCM10K, SCM51 etcShocked
 
Never heard of the Royds, and not a lot of info apart from being introduced 1990. Sounds like postage would be more than valueWink and how big is 7 litres? Embarrassed
 
I'll keep looking on evilbay for more SCM's..................................
 
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Royd is owed by Jon Ackroyd who designed a whole range of 7 litre miniatures including the A7, Eden and Sintras. At the time 1992(?) the Sintas were introduced, they were Royd's statement small speaker. Cost about £350 back then. Got mine as part of a system from Grahams Hifi (Pink Triangle LPT, Onix OA21s, Sintras).  Royd went on to do the Minstral transmission line and a bunch of other stuff. Still going strong - they even have a little museum of past products:  http://www.roydaudio.com/main.htm

They are very tight and detailed but a little forward for my taste (the scanspeak tweeters maybe).  They are a little bigger than the Denons but not much.
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