My living room is about to get new furniture and my current stand
mounted bookshelves will have to go somewhere else (another room).
There are built-in shelves at one end of the room where I could put
speakers but my current paradigm monitors are too big, the max height
is 10 3/4" and max depth is 9".

I am willing to get a sub to fill in lows if need be. That I can make
room for, it's just the small mains I'm having trouble finding. So far
after stopping at a couple local shops the only reasonable choices I
have found are Paradigm Atoms or NHT SB1s. I like the SB1s ok because
they're not rear ported (a drawback for placement very close to a back
wall).

I don't mind spending up to about $1500 to get something better if I
can find it. It just seems that the smallest offerings of most quality
speaker makers is just a bit too big. This is strictly for a 2 channel
music setup, the HT is in antoher room.

Any reccomendations for specific speakers to look around for?

"Mackie" wrote in message
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My living room is about to get new furniture and my current stand
mounted bookshelves will have to go somewhere else (another room).
There are built-in shelves at one end of the room where I could put
speakers but my current paradigm monitors are too big, the max height
is 10 3/4" and max depth is 9".

I am willing to get a sub to fill in lows if need be. That I can make
room for, it's just the small mains I'm having trouble finding. So far
after stopping at a couple local shops the only reasonable choices I
have found are Paradigm Atoms or NHT SB1s. I like the SB1s ok because
they're not rear ported (a drawback for placement very close to a back
wall).

I don't mind spending up to about $1500 to get something better if I
can find it. It just seems that the smallest offerings of most quality
speaker makers is just a bit too big. This is strictly for a 2 channel
music setup, the HT is in antoher room.

Any reccomendations for specific speakers to look around for?

I would look into one of the 2 way kits offered by Zalytron or Madisound.
Preferably with drivers supplied by Focal, SEAS or Scan-Speak.