OK, thanks, thats what i needed to know...2" VS 2.5 feet is a big difference, and may effect the "soundstage" big time.
2 inches is of course, pretty much..TOO close, but a foot or so should work fine with these speakers. I have never put a speaker 2.5+ feet off the back wall, not for strict 2 channel stereo music. Maybe in HT stuff that works with 5 other speakers.

But for a strait 2 channel stereo system, i don't see it.
My old Polks sit about a foot off the wall and have a huge soundstage. If i plulled them that far off the wall...that would probably go away.