"Matt Silberstein" wrote in
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I have an awkward room, 14x17, 6' opening on a short side (leading to
a 11x11 room), and the only place to put the speakers in the short
side. Oh, and two tall windows with window seats on the other short
side.

Luckily neither of us want surround sound, just pretty good sound for
music. Space is obviously a premium. Is it particularly worthwhile to
look for really good speakers or is anything going to end up sounding
a bit noisy? (And, of course, price is a consideration.)

You can still get good sound if you're willing to listen near field, which
means, pull up a chair. When in the near field, room anomalies have minimal
effect.
Certain speakers maintain coherency at close listening distances, while
others fall apart.
The Kef Uni-Q speakers are good at this. So are bookshelf speakers in
general.