Help with high end bookshelf speakers

I own X-3's...I second the X-1's @ $5500......You are buying from a company that  engineers $500,000 speakers........ 'Nuff said.

PMC makes very good speakers that sound big but are physically small, be it standount or floor standing. Crazy good bass due to Transmission line loading, front port. Easy to drive and not fussy about placement. The Music Room carries them. 

I do have to say it is frustrating to help someone when detailed information is required. Maybe AGon could come up with a guide to asking a question. I.E. Room size, existing equipment, preferred type of music, problem you are already having. I understand people needing help. You should not say I need speakers…And send. Maybe we are at fault for answering. I love to help people. From now on out if information is not provided, especially when asked we should move on to the person who has their stuff together. 

For a very affordable option that will trounce most of the usual suspects (Focal, Revel, Harbeth, KEF etc), you could go the minor DIY route with this kit:

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2-way-speaker-kits/satori-ara-textreme-2-way-speaker-kit-pair-with-cabinets/

All that’s required is installing the cabling, crossovers, damping and drivers.

The drivers in these are first-rate and higher quality than you’ll find in nearly any <$10K speakers you can buy through a dealer.

This assertion will get the undergarments of certain fanboys (Harbeth guys most likely 😂) all up in a bunch. But if they were to earnestly A/B this kit with the aforementioned brands, they’d come to the same conclusion, of that I have zero doubt. The drivers employed by those larger brands are not remotely close to the quality of those Satori units, regardless of those brands’ marketing hyperbole regarding their “custom”, in-house manufacturing and QC.

I wasted far too much time and energy messing with the typical magazine-hyped products early on in my journey. Once you discover the value of kits/DIY, and to a lesser extent, factory-direct brands, the comparatively mass market options begin to feel like highway robbery. The latter mostly survive because they place greater emphasis on cabinet aesthetics than they do actual sound quality.

@hsounds that's what I am doing

not finished yet, but getting there