Looking for a monitor that likes walls

the newer Meadowlarks are front ported, and wall freindly.

linn, rega, and naim speakers are all meant to be placed close to walls. you can tune the speakers to the room a bit by moving them in small increments towards/away from the wall.

The Proacs usually sound best away from the wall. Another British speaker that is good near the wall is the Mission, although not as good as some of the higher priced that Lazarus suggests.
Merlin TSMs are another nice option, but not sure how well they'll do near a wall. Contact Merlin, and Bobby will surely clarify.

Cheers, Spencer

Any rear ported speaker is unlikely to work close to a rear wall. I think that rules out Epos and Proac. Spendor S3/5s sound good close to the wall, but they have quite limited bass. Linn tukans have a good reputation close to the wall but I have no direct experience with them. Missions are also good, but probably not a sufficient step up.

In my experience putting a speaker very close to the rear wall destroys the soundstage (imaging), so it's not worth spending lots of money on a speaker renowned for imaging only to put it close to the wall.

Another option might be to look at a sub / satellite combo, perhaps the acoustic energy evo (I think thats the name), or separately by purchasing a mini-monitor like the S3/5 (or any LS3/5 for that matter) and adding a REL strata or similar subwoofer later. Having used S3/5s with a REL strata the results are very very good, but this would take you to at least $1500 which may be more than you're willing to spend.

Soliloquy Sat-5. No port, designed to be placed on a wall or bookshelf, same tweeter as larger models, very nicely balanced woofer. You really need a nice little sub with these, but they sound great! Check out underwoodhifi for nice deals-that's where I got mine.