Near field monitor advice please

The point of day in day out is the new coaxial Genelecs are easier on the ears, less fatigue, it has nothing to do with agendas. They have low distortion in the bass region, very smooth coherent speakers. If he was looking at a higher price point I would toss in Dutch and Dutch 8c, bit more WAF, though my wife thinks the round Genelecs are cute. I was under the impression the OP "audiophile" was looking for nearfield monitors? 

Harbeth P3ESR.

Might look into the Tannoy Autograph Mini speaker.  Beautiful and sound that way.

Is this the same room as the NS5000 or a different room? If it is a different room then I think a KEF LS50 regular or Meta is great. However, I would not put it on the desk I would put the 3 monitors up against the wall and then the speakers behind me. It is great this way. I have tried LS50’s, Audience 1+1 V3, and Audioengine 2 on my desktop and they were only adequate. Putting the LS50 behind me was a fantastic improvement.

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7605

Now if your NS5000 are in the same room as these computer monitors send me a PM and I will give you more info of someone local to you who will make them sing. I just did this and it is shocking how incredible the improvements are in my small room. I believe your NS5000 are in a small room from our past conversation.

BTW - the Thiel CS3.7 and the NS5000 were my finalist for my office but since the office is so small I went with the slightly less bass heavy CS3.7. Still considering the NS5000 for my downstairs in 2021.

After buying and selling multiple 'quality' speakers over the last 5 years or so I would buy a kit and make my own...or a used pair of persona b although I have never demoed the b 3' from my head.