Cost no Object but Small Room

Smaller rooms tend to have larger/more complicated acoustical issues ...

>>" However all there is the room is basically the system and a desk/chair."<<

You might consider treating the room for it's issues, and all ships (your equipment) will rise with the tide.

Talon Thunderhawks with the Rives Audio Sub-PARC for each. Similar driver component to the Coltrans that Mike Lavigne mentioned (excellent speaker), except the bass is 2 8 inch drivers and it has the ability to be actively crossed over. Using the Rives Sub-PARC you can crossover the bass, parametrically EQ, and it has a digital amp built in. This speaker was specifically designed to give big convincing sound in smaller, or less than acoustically friendly spaces. We design rooms all the time, and have probably run into just about every issue imaginable--thus the Thunderhawk was developed with room acoustics (particularly small rooms) in mind. The Thunderhawk retails at $25,000, a pair of Sub-PARCs is $9,000.

Of course, as a disclaimer, Rives Audio manufacturers the sub-PARC and owns Talon Loudspeakers. Thus, while we certainly have a biased opinion, your situation is the poster child for why we designed this combination.

I am in a very small room so that I have to sit nearfield between the speakers. The best I have heard are Wilson Sophias and now Watt Puppy 7's. Great soundstage and coherent imaging, similar to some minimonitors I had but with far better bass and dynamics.

+1 for Wilson Sophia, WP7's or WP8. Do a google search for Wilson WASP setup... to find out the wilson voicing method, but I ran my WP7's in a 12x16 room with a watch dog and some real traps... truelly stunning on Techno, Jazz, etc..

I'm building a cost no object room now that is similar in size. I will be using the Wilson WP7 and complete WATCH surround system. This is another RIVES room and though it started out much larger, over 1/3rd of the cubic foot space is bass trapping!
I seriously doubt that I will be upgrading speakers anytime soon. Kind of funny... the Talon Thunderhawk looks very similar to the WATT/Puppy!
Just pushing buttons Richard!

Regards,
Bruce