@audiostick By all means, experiment with speaker placement and seated listening position in your room. Always good to determine optimum placement. Assuming you are using the proverbial standard triangle placement approach, I would suggest that your seated listening position be, al least 7 to 9 feet away from those ML, provided you can swing this and still keep a lot of open space behind you. I'm sure this will render better imaging & soundstage than 6', which I think is a tad too close for those or any great pair of towers. I also suggest that you try this: instead of immediately toeing the ML in, to the listening position, try pointing them straight out, first. Do some healthy listening there and, then, experiment with toe-in to see which position your ears prefer. I have a hunch you may very well prefer the straight-out positioning because those speakers have very good off-axis response.
A final two cents worth regarding your amp shopping for the ML. Don't skimp on amp power (i.e. watts RMS but, more importantly, power/current supply). ML states the impedance as 4 Ohms and compatible with 4, 6, or 8 Ohm rated amplifiers. I've read a few reviews indicating they are really a 6 Ohm nominal load speaker. Even though they are very efficient or sensitive (i.e. 94 dB/2.83 volts/meter), they'll play best with an amp that can feed them the current they need. This is why they sounded so wonderful with the Simaudio Moon Neo 340i IX, which has a huge power supply and doubles its 100 watt 8 Ohm output into 4 Ohm. I understand the reticence with regard to the options or add-ons (DAC; phono stage; etc.). However, if you shop around, for new or used, and do some good old fashion dickering, maybe you could get what you want for 5K or a little under.
Good Luck!