Speakers that sound good in tight spots?

I realize I've terrorized this forum alot over the past year, regarding speaker suggestions. I'm about to make an offer on a home which has a very tight space for a TV and speakers. Most of the homes (freehold townhouses) seem to have a rather narrow "great-room" in which you can work with either a 8" wide to about 20" long. Or I could put the speakers on the long wall and sit almost 6" from my speakers, if I had the speakers somewhat pushed up against the wall. Can I find speakers that sound good in these types of situations?

The easy answer would be to bring in speakers for audition when I've moved but because I don't have dealers around the corner I'll probably be buying used. My associated equipment is a Krell 400xi intergrated with Museatex digital front end. I'd assume I'd be looking for sealed enclousure speakers like Hales. I orginally wanted to look at some Dynaudio's but a dealer has already told me they wouldn't work ideally in this type of situation with such close side walls. Perhaps a front ported design? I like to listen to harder stuff...Massive Attack, Radiohead, Nirvana, Alice In Chains.

ps. I've tried reading past posts and althought I had found a few threads there wasn't much there. A few suggested Totem Arro's, but my musical tastes would lead me to a different sonic presentation.