I'm looking for a pair of affordable speakers for a smallish room. I have considered the Borea 02 or 03 from Triangle. I like their sound. However, Triangle suggests they need to be put 60cm from the back wall or side walls, and 2m apart. That's not possible in this little room, unfortunately. And it's impossible to test how bad sound will degrade if those suggestions aren't followed.
So I looked at alternatives and found the Dali Spektor 1 and 2. The manufacturer here says you can put them as close as 1cm to the back wall. I mean, wut??
Can someone explain to me how this is possible? There's no fundamental difference between the Dali and Borea design that I can tell (the 02 has a back port too, and Triangle makes no different suggestions for distances between the back ported 02 and front ported 03).
Can the suggestions from the manufacturers be trusted at all? Is Dali just saying this to make their speakers seem easier to set up and thus gain a sales pitch over the competition?
So I looked at alternatives and found the Dali Spektor 1 and 2. The manufacturer here says you can put them as close as 1cm to the back wall. I mean, wut??
Can someone explain to me how this is possible? There's no fundamental difference between the Dali and Borea design that I can tell (the 02 has a back port too, and Triangle makes no different suggestions for distances between the back ported 02 and front ported 03).
Can the suggestions from the manufacturers be trusted at all? Is Dali just saying this to make their speakers seem easier to set up and thus gain a sales pitch over the competition?