Best Speakers new/used for around 2k

Asking someone else to choose speakers for you is not a good idea.What Joe Blow likes might not work for you at all.You say that you've heard most of the ones on your list.What do you like?If possible listen to some of your favorites with your system.Speakers will sound very different in your room with your equipment than they do at a dealers.Just a thought.Good luck.

I don't know about that Joe Blow dude either. I've seen him giving some pretty shaky advice here as well. You might want to choose your new amp at the same time as the amp>speaker interfaces is absolutely critical. You might also consider that your room dimensions are less than ideal for a listening room (square dimensions are usually pretty bad in my experience). Perhaps some investment in treating the room or creative dividers (bookshelves, plants, etc) might be worth considering as well.

Thanks for the advice and agree. Do you love or hate any of the aforementioned? Just trying to narrow down the field a little.

Your perfectly square room might cause some degree of acoustical problems. You might be better off dedicating part of your budget to room treatments.

Michael

slinker, since you asked for input on your specific canditates, this joe blow offers the following:
1. psb synchrony is a great, well-balanced speaker with no discernible flaws and a very good value. the pmcs are also very, very good, with excellent low end extension, and would be my other top choice.
2. the proac response is also excellent; very lively; good rock and roll speaker; fussy about placement and might not sound good with your current denon receiver;
3. i personally don't like the b&ws.
4. the mls and the magnepans both need a ton of power and a sub; i think a more conventional dynamic design will serve you better.
5. i haven't heard the gershmans or zus, either; both get a lot of play on these forums and would certainly be worth checking out.
happy spending!!!