High value, giant killer speakers?

I’m also a musician, and I was pleasantly surprised after all these decades as an audio freak and live sound mixer/system designer that Klipsch Heresy IIIs sound as good as they do. Until I bought a Dennis Had SEP amp which was initially used with either 91db or 93db speakers, I hadn’t thought much about higher efficiency (wasn’t satisfied with the sound of the 93db speakers and sold ’em, and eventually sold the 91db speakers, although they, Silverline Preludes, sounded great) as it hadn’t mattered much. Heresy IIIs filled the bill amazingly, and are very revealing of anything in front of them...cables, amps, sources, my Aunt Shirley (move please, I don’t wanna see your inappropriate dance moves)...Are these USA made fat little boxes worth more than the 1500 bucks I spent? (my "Capitol Records edition" pair listed for $2500)...yeah, maybe they are...but...meh...I hear far more "precious" rigs at shops around here and think many are excellent, but I think my rig sounds better all around...especially since it’s in my house.

2nd for the Fritz speakers, matched them with a tube amp and you wont be sorry....I'm only sorry I cant buy another pair for my living room (that is my wife's room :-)

The JBL Studio 590s were amazing speakers for the money.A highly engineered and sophisticated horn design which sounded superb with low powered amplifiers. JBL seems to have stopped making them however.

If you have the ability to do simple DIY, the LX521's are really superb. I made the Orions and was disappointed. The LX521.4 are really great speakers. From a very deep and tight bass, to a sublime midrange with excellent imaging, A little odd looking, but fantastic performance.

Audiokinesis JM2.0 + Space Generators..for just below $9k..sounds fantastic and amazingly real. This is a killer deal..