$10K-15K short list?

Paradigm Persona 7F and the Aerial 7T.

Unless I missed it; how can anyone recommend a speaker without knowing the dimensions of the room?

@ricred1, we are currently going by budget, not by room :-)

I might add, ProAc D48R, based on my audition of the D30RS.

milpai,
I understand that the OP stated a budget between 10K-15K. I also understand that this is a pointless exercise if we a recommending speakers with out knowing the room's dimensions. I've owned several speakers over the years. One thing I've learned is that the size of the room has a lot to do with how the speaker images and pressures the room. I've owned Aerial 7Ts and think they are fantastic speakers for a small to medium room. So, if the OP's room is large I couldn't recommend them. That's my only point.

Hi all,

Thanks so much for pointing in the right direction. As I mentioned before, my knowledge of the market, equipment, and quality is very outdated as I have not stayed in tune with this hobby for the past 10 years. You guys have introduced a lot of brands that I wasn't familiar with.

There have been some questions about the size of my room. Currently my room is the family room, which has open spaces into the kitchen and a stairwell to the upper section of the townhouse. The room is roughly 14'x20'. Of course I don't expect to live in a townhouse forever and would love to purchase a house one day (living in the Bay Area is very expensive). I generally buy equipment that outlasts my living spaces. For example the Salk Sound speakers that I had lasted 10 years through three apartments, and into 5 years into my current townhouse. Long story short is that if I'm going to spend $15K on speakers, I want them to last 10+ years and move them into a new house in the future, which room dimensions would be unknown.