Nearfield passive speaker recommendations please (ATC SCM11 vs KEF LS50 meta)

Perhaps also consider the corresponding (new or lightly used) Spendor, Harbeth, or Graham sets.  Also Dynaudio, Dali, or Focal.  That said, the three you mentioned are all exceptional, and each would be on my short list.  The ATCs likely are the most unapologetically revealing.  Coaxial setups should work well at that distance.  

Thanks man! Will consider them too. I was looking at the dyn special 40. Lot of hype behind the metas heh.

After doing some research I am heavily leaning toward SCM11.

The Kef LS50 Meta, with it's coincident/coaxial driver design, provides a single point source of sound and is excellent in near-field applications.

Ya... I really want to go ATC but can't help but feel the meta's coaxial driver will do better in nearfield.

Hello,
    When I upgraded to some ATC 40's my ATC SCM 19's became my desktop speakers. (Luckily, my desk is kinda big.) For amplification I'm using a versatile Cyrus HD One. I'd like to point out that not only does this set-up sound ravishing with all styles of music, I often play my desktop system at a very low volume and it still sounds lively, dynamic, and just so tangible. I'm a total ATC fan so.... get those!

Cheers,
Oran

Oranfoster I'm debating between the 7, 11 or 19. Its such a hard choice. I gotta get the speakers above 3 computer monitors and maybe tilted. One idea I had was flipping the speaker so the tweeter is on the bottom. But my dealer said he doesnt recommend that for the 19 as it will become too top heavy. But should be ok for 11 and def 7.

Its a tough choice. The fact you are using 19s well at your desk is encouraging though.

I just got kef ls50 meta, I am driving it with Cambridge cxa81. I was testing the speakers for the bass it was almost negligible compared to the ones B&W 606 I replaced.  Do I need to be worried and get it checked?

A standard 2 way should be fine for 4 feet away. Coaxials generally shine much more on a desk setting where you may be above or below the tweeter axis and closer than where a 2 way can achieve acoustical summation, so listening distance of say 1-2 feet.