KEF LS50... The ultimate anal-ytical speaker for living rooms?

It's going to cost a bit more but it sounds like ATC SCM 11's would be the way to go. They are a completely different level of performance and well worth the extra money. 

Slightly higher than your price point, but I recently heard the Dynaudio Special Forty and it sounded amazing. The imaging and musicality, both were awesome. It was in a fairly big demo room at the dealer. Another one close to your budget that baffled me at AXPONA this year was the ATOHM GT1-HD. I liked these better than the KEFs.

I own the Special Forty in grey. Very nice speaker overall. Lots of depth and refinement to the sound.

Chris we sell 3 of the four speakers mentioned here.

We do sell the KEF LS 50 we sell the Athom and we sell the ATC's

Each has its own strenths, the Athoms are really amazing and are better than the LS 50, but the Athoms are also way more expensive.

The ATC SCM 11 are also marevelous. The LS 50 for the money is very impressive, but doesn't have the range of either of the more expensive speakers. The ATC are a bit more laid back but have a fantastic tight bass response.

The nice thing with the ATC is that they are $2500 so still quite affordable. 

Dave owner
Audio Doctor NJ