Best 2-way room friendly speakers

Not sure of the technical reasons why, but my SP Tech Mini speakers with a waveguide and a crossover point of ~800Hz (!) are excellent off axis. I believe that they also have a 4th order crossover, but don't know how or whether this contributes to the off axis performance. z

Tekton Lore series... I own the Lore-S and it is wonderful in my 11 x 14 room. It has front firing bass ports that don't load the room as much as models with side-woofers or rear-firing ports.

I think the premise you heard regarding speakers like the Thiels might need to be reconsidered. For best results, first order speakers like the Thiels tend to require the listener to be far away enough from them (>8') for driver integration and listened to from a standard seating height, but don't require much more than that which would be required from most other typical speakers, and in some cases would require even less placement optimization. One could go as far as claiming that at least with a first order speakers there is at least one seating position that offers a level of accuracy that competing designs can't offer at any listening position. In that two way speakers don't typically offer very deep bass response, room loading becomes less of an issue with them. Perhaps one of the most room friendly 2-way speakers might be the first order concentric driver Thiel SCS's.

Thanks for the suggestions. By "room friendly" I mean they minimize room interaction. I listen to a Sanyo boom box quite a bit at work. While my home rig sounds considerably better, I am also VERY aware of what I have now decided is room reflections adding echoes to the sound. So I am not sure if Totem, Coincident, Tekton (love the price), etc. minimize room reflections. That is what I am looking for.

Rodge827, the Shelby+ Kroll is an exciting read and sounds like what I am looking for. I do not understand about the DSPeaker. Are you just eq'ing the NanoMonitor1.0 or using this to better integrate the woofer? I have used a variety of Eq like Behringer, and they all did so much damage to the sound that I preferred the uneven, uneq'd FR better.

Roscoeiii, SP Tech Mini also sounds promising but the price! I would need to find a used pair where I could get my money back if I did not like them. How big is the woofer?
Also, I listen at 60-75dB and the Audiocircle reviews say they need to be played loud or they are bright and do not sound so good.

Charles1dad, I'm not sure either about crossovers, just the sales pitch I have been fed.

at least with a first order speakers there is at least one seating position that offers a level of accuracy that competing designs can't offer at any listening position.

Unsound, what you say is EXACTLY what I like about 1st order. Would be nice to get that without all the room treatments.

Tannoy dual-concentric driver'd models have controlled (due to the waveguide/horn tweeter, depending on model) AND symmetrical dispersion (i.e. acts like a point-source). Very room friendly while still yielding a comfortably sized sweet-spot.

You may love them (I do), or you may think "meh". You probably haven't had much exposure to them because Tannoy doesn't market strongly in North America, but they're an excellent alternative.