looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion

Joseph Audio - Pulsars may be worth consideration. Be mindful of auditing any speaker with a rear port. Twelve inches away from the back wall may be a deal breaker. The B&W 805 D4’s recently had a fairly significant price increase. A pair will now cost you $9500. 

I heard Marten stand mounts at a show and thought they were great. They have a few different models like the Oscar Duo. They also look very good.

Given the speakers will only be about 12” from the wall I’d avoid rear-ported speakers. The Usher Mini-X is front ported, uses their best diamond tweeter also used in their $40k flagship speakers, are extremely well built and look gorgeous, and at $3500/pr. are an outrageous value and could save you thousands. This seller offers a 30-day return policy so relatively low risk to try at home, which in your specific use case is a huge positive.  Just another option, and best of luck.

https://soundapproach.com/usher-dancer-mini-x-7-2-way-diamond-bookshelf-speakers-pair.html

For an interesting “full range” small speaker look at the Legacy Calibre. I have heard these a few times and could never believe that the full range performance comes from this compact speaker.

I have a pair of the Usher Mini-X’s that @soix mentioned and can vouch for them.

They’re a 3rd pair of speakers for me. My other two are Martin Logan, Summit and I have a pair of limite edition (500 run) Ohm 5’s from back in the day that have been updated and are completely amazing.

I drive my speakers with a Lyngdorf, which tends to be sort of an unknown brand around here, but it presents a very clean and pure signal. For those that understand the concept, it’s basically a wire with gain, as far as the signal path is concerned. And it has some muscle behind it.

My Cambridge Audio streamer is my weakest link, but I don’t feell the need too upgrade it because it sounds great and a pretty big bang for the buck. Oh, and I use Nordost Freya cabling.

Both of my big speakers are known for their imaging and both of them have the low frequencies covered real well. The Ohm’s are a different presentation kind of all the way around, they’re a very unique and innovative speaker (design) but the’re on a par with my Summits as far as performance is concerned, and have got to be one of the funnest speakers in the world. I guess that last part is kind of an Ohm thing, something I guess Jeep owners would understand even though I don’t drive one.

Not kidding when I say that the Usher Mini-X’s perform on a level with both of them from a performance standpoint. That may be hard to believe, but if it is, I encourage you to access 2 or 3 reviews and see what they say. One of them called it one of the best speakers regardless of size because of the design execution.

I did, before I bought them and I remember how most of them spoke about not only the level but the quality of bass that they could produce. I never even paired them with a subwoofer because my electronics are capable of making them sound so amazing that I actually enjoy them the way they are. All it would give me is that last little bit and I have two other pair that can, so. The point is that the bass is that amazing.

Another thing they mention is, as the other member already pointed out, the woofer is their top of the line design that they put in their most revered other floor stander.

And last but certainly not least ...

the thing that probably makes these speakers the most! special, imo, is the Beryllium tweeter. I don’t think you’ll be able to demo these speakers, so I guess you’d have to bite the bullet and buy them to get to hear it, but the way it presents the high frequencies is on a par with my electrostatics.

And It’s not just that it’s a super special tweeter, what makes this speaker so amazing is the way it’s married so beautifully to the other things I’ve mentioned.

So, yeah, I agree with Soix it would be a great fit for you.

And an extra bonus, in your particular case, is that their front ported so you can place them closer to the wall if you have to. Mine have enough room to breathe where I have them placed, and I think that’s one of the reasons they’re able to present bass the way they do, but ... I suspect that all the other features that I mentioned are really what you’re looking for.

Almost all the reviews said they sound great, but if they have good solid electronics driving them and some serious power that they were amazing.