Thanks for the nice comments.
Bear in mind that I wrote the review for PFO and I am selling the speakers. Not that I am not totally objective...
I don't think the clues will work well in a very near field environment. The listener needs to be 1 to 1.8 times the distance from the speaker as the speakers are from each other. So if you had a large desk, say 4 feet wide you would need to sit at least that far away. I don't think this is likely to be workable, although, in truth, I have never tried it. Where their design would really pay off is if you have smallish listening room since you don't have to give them room out from the front wall.
I am in St. Louis and if anyone is close by we can certainly do a home audition. I have stands of the right height to properly set them up.
I appreciate the interest. Kent Johnson