u/bloomaster

My new (to me) small stand mount speakers (Dynaudio Evoke 10) are about to arrive and I am looking for something to place them on that can also hold a plant or two.

Any suggestions, or am I better off getting proper speaker stands and separate plant stands? that can be placed freely around the speakers?

Cheers!

Hi, I could use some help picking speakers for a difficult living room. Layout drawing attached, not to scale but roughly accurate.

The difficulties: the TV wall and the sofa are fixed. Each can shift about 20 cm and that's it. So one speaker ends up tucked into the left corner and the other sits at the open end of the room. Asymmetric as hell.

Gear:

• Amp: Lyngdorf TDAI-1120, chosen for RoomPerfect correction and sub integration
• Currently a Sonos Arc + Sub Gen 3 on the TV
• Use: Music, Movies and TV.

Room:

• ~5.5 m wide, ~4 m deep, 2.4 m ceiling
• Painted plaster walls, hardwood floor with a big rug
• Listening distance ~4 m
• TV cabinet is an Ikea Bestå, 180×40 cm, about 50 cm from the left wall
• Sofa is 3 m wide against the back wall

What I want:

• Budget ~1000-1500€ per pair, excluding sub. Open to adding a sub.
• Finish must be walnut, oak or white. No black.
• Available in Sweden / the EU.
• Front-ported or sealed strongly preferred, since they'll sit close to the wall. Rear ports seem like a bad fit here.
• Aesthetically I'd like them as far back toward the wall as possible. Also has to pass the partner test.

I'm leaning toward sealed or front-ported standmounts plus a sub, since floorstanders seem to fight the corner and the near-wall placement. But I've no real experience here, so tell me if that's wrong.

This is clearly an exercise in compromise. Any suggestions welcome.

Cheers!