UPDATE. Still working on placement... I've come to the conclusion that my amplifier just can't handle these speakers like it should. wife and I are working on different room treatments to handle the other side of the equation. We were going to go with a dead front wall and a live back wall...
So I've been trying to decide on some speakers and went out for my final auditioning yesterday. B&W CDM9NT, Polk LSi 15, Paradigm Studio 100. I had in my mind that I was walking away with one of those three speakers. Spent about 20-30 minutes with each set but I had complaints about each...