Wall Hugging w/Imaging & Depth?

SET amplification seems to help. How about Audio Note A/N E's?

Jeff check out Audio Note speakers

AN-E/Lx HE
High efficiency woofer with silver voice coils, std xo, Lexus spkr cable.

AN-E/SPe HE
High efficiency drivers, standard crossover, silver SPe speaker cable.

My Dali Helicon 300 are far less and I have great results in imaging, depth with good bass in a not so friendly room situation.

Great stuff guys, and Thanks for sharing. I purpose built a room for HT many years ago, using many design principals we know as good including:
Perfect symmetry across the front
*L & R Speakers are equal distance from the side walls
*Almost Equilateral Triangle between speakers and listener
Raised acoustical ceiling for 8’ front of room
Lowered Drywall ceiling 8-17’ from the front of the room
Heavy carpet to reduce floor reflections
Speakers are NHT 2.9 (Wall Huggers)
Amplifier is Parasound 2200 series
PreAmp is B&K Reference 20
Sources vary – Sony 7000 DVD, Sony PS3, Parasound 1500 CD

I am considering a significant change to my system, and have listened to many very nice 2-channel systems with incredible imaging and deep soundstages.

Jeff in Detroit

Is going vintage an option?

Boston Acoustics A200 and A400 speakers are very shallow (6 inches or so depth) and do well placed close to the front wall due to their very wide baffle. You can get them for very little money ($100-200 or so), but the woofers will probably need to be refoamed.

Not really.... But thanks for the thought! I think I am going to have to get used to moving my speakers around (Against the wall for HT, out from the wall for Stereo), so I can really hear what they can do.