small ish floor standers WAF 5-8K

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to be looking into all of these!

with your budget I'd say check out the Devore Nines right at your max height requirement.

The Nines....
Frequency Response:29Hz -40kHz
Sensitivity: 90.5dB/W/M
Impendence: 8 ohms
Dimensions: 38"Hx8.5"Wx14.5"D
about $6500US

the Super 8s are shorter and less deep...
Frequency Response:36Hz -40kHz
Sensitivity: 90dB/W/M
Impendence: 8 ohms
Dimensions: 34"Hx8.125"Wx12"D
about $4500US

http://www.devorefidelity.com/gibbons.html

BTW, I use my Super 8s for 2 channel music and as part of a 5.1 HT. Sounds great. havent heard the Forests though, so can't compare. But the totems appear to be less expensive.

good luck.

I don't know the Totems, but the Merlin VSM series comes to mind as a fine choice for your stated needs - so long as "blue ray/TV" doesn't mean high spl earthquake reproduction from the soundtrack of your action movie.

Marty

Gallo or Reference #A Veena/Grand.Sonus Faber-WAF.

Dgalyn Where are you located?

Hi Shadorne -- I read you many helpful posts with great interest, and thanks for the response. Well, your recommendation was right in line with my thinking -- in fact I have some very good experience with Dynaudio monitors in live sound and they were one of the first places I looked -- but the problem with their loudspeakers is none of them fit the dimensions that I specified above.

So far, I've come up with Coincident Partial Eclipse and Wilson Benesch Curves. Both very hard to audition due limited dealers...

If you liked the Totem speakers sound then try to audition Dynaudio. I suspect that Totem Forest may use a copy of one of Dynaudio's drivers. Remember imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Totem had great success using Dynaudio high quality drivers (Totem One).