What about Golden Ear Triton 2+s? Based on what you say, this might be ideal. Anything with a folded ribbon tweeter is worth a demo, IMHO. The Triton Ones I heard were not at all bright, but still detailed. The powered woofers will give you a lot of adjustability, and there is no rear port to make placement tricky. They are a bit tall, but slim, so they don't have a huge footprint. $3500/pr, MSRP.
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I'm looking for speakers with a nice soft delivery. Meaning full range but not harsh. Some might say a lush midrange. I have a 13' x 16' room and can't use an extremely large speaker. On the other hand I want more than a monitor. I use an aesthetix calypso pre and a modified McCormack DNA-1 amp. Would be buying used. Speakers I have tried; Aerial 8, Vandersteen 2 old version, Gershman rx20 and Salk HT3.thanks for the help.