Afraid to buy new speakers


I'm stuck with hideous acoustics that simply couldn't be worse, and I have to place speakers close to a concrete block wall. There's no getting around it. I have decent CD player and integrated amp recently bought new (NAD 365BEE) as well as a Parasound P3 and PS Audio HCA2. Given my sorry room configuration I fear any speaker I buy will be a mere shadow of itself in a different environment, and I cannot change this environment. I'm finding that a set of small monitors and a sub seems to work, but these speakers have their own limitations. I've got a max $3K budget for a pair of speakers, but read time and again how any speaker will sound like crap when their back panel is placed close to a wall. If true that kills anything and I might as well stick with my monitors or if I want to play really loud when the wife's out put my old Advent 2s on and launch the cones. Is there ANY speaker in the 2-3 thou range that is designed to function well close to a wall save an in-wall unit? I look at these long ribbons of 3-4" drivers and can't help but think they'll sound horrible, but who knows. I'm probably going to be here for some years, so I have to make the most of it.
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I use Aerial Acoustics 5B monitors in my office system. They are a sealed enclosure speaker and I have them about a foot from the rear wall, a setup that is working well for me. I think they retail for about $2500.
I had a similar issue and decided to try the headphone route. Audeze LCDX with OPPO HA-1. Tremendous bang for the buck and less than your $3k budget
This thread started on 3/5/14 and the OP resolved it on 3/26/14 (9 mos. ago) with a pair of Focal 926s that do exactly what he was looking for.