Looking for speakers that are less placement-sensitive.

Hello all,

   I'm looking for a pair of inexpensive (say, $2000 or less) for my living room, probably sitting on each side of a large TV screen.  For this application, I'm looking for speakers that are less placement-sensitive, e.g. can be placed near the back wall, and even somewhat close to a corner, and are not too large. 

I was intrigued by the Totem Tribe Towers, which were designed just for this purpose apparently, and I love Totems, but $6k is really well outside my budget.

Does anyone have other recommendations for this?