The basic sound is
pretty good, but it seems to be that they feel too big in that small space,
and I'm moving around a lot to get the proper imaging. I turned the bass
control down a bit from the zero setting, but I feel like I'm just too close
to them. I'm thinking that I might find it easier listening with smaller
monitors with 6" or 6.5" woofers instead of 8" woofers.

I wouldn't intentionally try to get less bass response from the monitor system.
How are you going to know if a "P" really is popped if you don't have some
response at 35Hz? You won't hear it on NS10's but it will just sound like inept
engineering if it's there & reproduced on a nice home system with real woofers.

Scott Fraser