Better/best fullrange nearfield speakers?


What is the best or the better of few nearfield speakers you've heard?
To pepper this, i would like you to mention fullrange. Be it a monitor or be it a floorstander.
It's to prefer if you can sit as close as 2m/ 6 feet, with correct image.
Let's keep it between 5000-15000 USD/ Euro/ GBP.
rird

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Actually i would like a speaker that drop off at 35-40hz as 40-45Hz only trigger nodes. I have 4 huge bass absorbers in here now as i listen alot to electronic music. My speakers are Barefoot Sound Micromain 27.
Dual 10 inch, dual 5.25 mid drivers per chassis. I tune my absorbers with sweeps from 20-110Hz so i know i have bass way down low at 25Hz.
Anyway, bass reflex isn’t really ideal. I think for boxes i like transmission line the best. I also tried a PARC to filter off nodes, but acoustical treatments are the way to go. Not digital!

http://www.diffusor.com/Varitune/V6.htm
http://www.diffusor.com/Varitune/v4.htm
(5.2 meter) * 3.85 meter =20.02 m2

Doesn’t exist? Barefoot Sound MM27 sure works splendid.

Many years ago i used PMC IB2 and Krell FPB 600C and KPS 25sc, aswell as Teac P-70 and D-70.
However, that room was larger and allowed another positioning. So i have no idea if those PMC monitors would handle such cramped positioning as these MM27.

I have heard typically side loaded speakers with too high crossover (bass to mid). It sounds bad.
I think bass drivers should be at 80-100Hz when side loaded, otherwise it doesn't sound homogenic.
I could imagine a closed tweeter and mid section and dipole bass.
DNA had a speaker like that, i really liked it and it allowed close range listening with a superb bass response.
However, Donalds speakers disappeared a bit too quick sadly.
Sadly Genelecs new 8361 looks so awful i can't stand it.
Not to happy of speakers controlled by DSP either.
The latest gen 2 of Micromain 27 has a steep price compared to the gen 1 + i'd like a more vivid airy bass. TM is perhaps the most appealing to me. Looks like it's still PMC IB2 that holds the crown!?
Active speakers has one thing i like, i can't fiddle with amp and cable upgrades. 
I thank you all for your inputs :-)
Hey Steve59

i took a look at focals web sight. No larger drivers than 7 inch.
Hm.... some old speakers that sure made me smile were DNA Sequence
(Donald North Audio). These worked (strangely) in near field.
It seems they never took off though. Perhaps they looked to weird or had a too steep price. I think they were about 20K USD with an active amp for the dipole bass. 
I am not a big fan of bass reflex, but on the other hand, a close design like mine, can feel overdamped when it comes to certain music.