Picking Speakers 20k-30k

Try to audition https://www.linkwitz.com/lx521

Best speaker you'll ever hear at any price. They are not polished pieces of furniture but will disappear when working.

Fink Team Borg or the new Borg Episode 2.

Fyne Vintage 12

Verity Audio Florestan

Can’t you hire a home theatre installer to setup your room? Here we’re just talking over text. But there are so many parameters to consider and it starts with a blueprint of the room. There are plenty of speakers under $30k, but they may as well sound like $5k speakers if they’re not setup properly in your room. 

I would recommend listening to 30.7 Maggie’s.  It is all about what you like and the only way to know is to hear them.  If you are open to planars they should at least be on the list to check out.  Everyone has different ideas about what is best for them, if I had the $$$ to move up to your price point I would enjoy the journey and check out the many choices.

Maggies sound good and are a very decent bargain at each model’s respective price level.  However, the OP had some location restrictions that may not suit Maggies (close to the back wall).  I’ve heard them sound quite good when placed closer to the side wall than recommended, but, they do need space to the wall behind.