If you had to narrow your choices to 4 - 5 speakers

I'd visit the High Water Sound room and listen to whatever speakers they have brought.  Pretty eclectic and not for rock, but to my ears, the sound has been breathtakingly natural, which I attribute to their love of music and their skill of matching components,  Kind of off the corporate path.

there are a few amazing new reference loud speakers 

Borrenson new x3 11k heard at last show  sounds like a 20k loudspeaker

new kef reference 3 meta 15k 

alta audio adam 18k 

Dave and Troy

audio intellect nj 

Kef borrenson andAlta dealers

Vandersteens driven by their own amps.

The Scanspeak room with the Ellipticor drivers.

Fritz, which always sound good even in horrible rooms.

@blisshifi Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Joseph Audio Perspective2 and Borresen X3 speakers. I currently own the Perspective2 Graphene version placed in a 20x15 room with 12 foot ceilings. I often wonder if moving up to the Pearl is going to be worth the additional expense. For my room, do you think the Pearl offers any benefit over and above the Perspective2s?

Also, the Borresen X3 is another speaker I'm very interested in hearing. Finally, Borresen made a floorstander that is relatively more affordable. If you have to choose between JA Perspective2 and Borresen X3, which one would you pick?

Forget the names.

I would listen to speakers that are hardest to find near you or in the U.S. and then try to compare those to a couple you already like and/or have easy access to.

This means that you do the maximum to improve your criteria for a later purchase.