Recommendations for Speakers that can be used close to the rear wall.

I had the same problem with regards to placement and $3000 budget recently. I had narrowed my list to Ohm Walsh 2000, Klipsch Forte III, Totem Sky Towers.

I was replacing the Totem Sky monitors (w. a sub) which sounded best in my room about 12" from the wall; the manual recommended 6"- 3'.  I thought that was impressively close. Below is a link to Totem's manual with placement recommendations for their whole line. Extrapolate from that what you can. 
https://totemacoustic.com/pdf/manuals/Totem_UserManual.pdf

I decided on the Forte III's. I am thrilled that about the same distance from the wall works best for these in my room.

By comparison, my old B&W monitors had to be 2-3x the distance away from the walls in the same room. Looking at pictures of how most people have their speakers setup for good sound, It seems like really close to the wall is just not practical for almost all speakers.

I just saw Totem has 15 day trial from the factory. I wish they had that back in August.

I have only heard Maggies in a store. IMHO, nothing sounds like Maggies. But, I would say the Totem Sky monitors, to my ears, got closer than any other traditional speaker I listened to in terms of detail and size of soundstage. I was really impressed. Of course, every room is different - some people hate Totem (and Klispch) - so maybe I just got lucky.

I haven't heard the Sky Towers but they are $2600. Their footprint is much smaller than the Forte. Given my positive experience with the Sky monitors, if the 15 day trial was available back in August, I probably would have tried the Sky Towers first. I love the Forte, but the two are completely different in terms of how they present the music. For some reason, I normally listen and enjoy the Forte at lower SPL than I did the Sky monitor with a sub. Not sure why, but I find I'm liking that.

Larsen is a good choice and yes, i have heard them at some length…

The Vandersteen VLR is also designed for such placement, if you can get the signature with the carbon tweeter. Johnny Rutan at Audio Connection sells them and Belles, often pairing them together. 

Enjoy your journey 

I've heard the Vandersteen VLR CT at some length - loved the sound and it was back against the wall.  That being said - would love to hear the Larsens!!  Great thread!

Are you lucky enough to have a solid wall to place the speakers against or is it plasterboard? There were several UK designs from a few years back. Just about an Naim speaker before the Ovators, the best being DBLs, but these have bass drivers with surrounds which perish and need replacing after ten years or so. Only DBLs suffer from this. NBLs (which I use) are a bit smaller, with opposed side firing bass drivers and can image way back into the wall with a good signal but need precise placement to give their best, in my room that’s 5.5cm from the wall to the wood so Naim’s own speaker plugs are a must. Next up there are SL2s, which replaced SBLs in their line up and IBLs were the smallest floor standers. All are based on having a solid wall behind and will disappoint against plasterboard. Finding any in the US will be difficult but not impossible.
Another is Linn isobariks, something of a cult speaker but I’ve never heard them. Saras were also isobaric loaded but smaller and Kans were the entry level and another cult speaker. No idea if there’s any about across the pond except for Kuma’s Briks and I suspect they’re going nowhere.

The current ProAc Tablets will work against a wall and would be a sensible modern choice.

The Jern range are cast iron, look a bit unusual, are designed for against a wall and run first order crossovers, there’s a powered sub to match should you feel the need.

There are various speakers designed to mount on a wall from the likes of ATC, Focal (maybe) etc.

The afore mentioned Larsons look appealing too.

Audionote UK are also in the running if you have corners to play with.

I’m of the opinion that speakers placed directly against a wall are particularly well suited for DSP room correction, As the direct sound and reflected sound is nearly identical, one avoids the weird afflictions that happen to the direct sound as a consequence of correcting the redirected (room) sound. Also, the close proximity affords room lift that can ease some of the extra power demands that room correction can sometimes be hoisted upon the amplification.