I will also chime in with a recommendation for the Gradient Revolutions. I have heard them sounding great in quite small rooms backed up near the wall.
Audionote speakers are also designed for near wall/corner placement and sound very good too. They have the advantage of being much easier to drive, and the disadvantage of being quite ugly to look at while the Gradient is quite handsome. It may seem odd to recommend both because they sound so different (Gradient is more of the lighter texture "airy" sound, Audionote is warmer, somewhat bloated in the upper bass), but, both are quite musical and pleasing to me.
A friend has a small and rather difficult room to get decent sound, but, he has finally found a speaker that works in the room. He has a pair of the floorstanding Sonus Faber Liuto speakers. This is a smoother sounding, less top end emphasis, speaker than most of the prior SF lineup.
Audionote speakers are also designed for near wall/corner placement and sound very good too. They have the advantage of being much easier to drive, and the disadvantage of being quite ugly to look at while the Gradient is quite handsome. It may seem odd to recommend both because they sound so different (Gradient is more of the lighter texture "airy" sound, Audionote is warmer, somewhat bloated in the upper bass), but, both are quite musical and pleasing to me.
A friend has a small and rather difficult room to get decent sound, but, he has finally found a speaker that works in the room. He has a pair of the floorstanding Sonus Faber Liuto speakers. This is a smoother sounding, less top end emphasis, speaker than most of the prior SF lineup.