What speakers for 10k?

FOr a different approach with stands, ie isolating and placement lower to floor with tilt up if needed, take a look at the larger Isoacoustics stands perhaps.

I'm not saying these would necessarily be better or best, but a different approach that might have merit in some situations where decoupling from a livelier room is of benefit combined with lower level placement to enable the floor to reinforce the bass if needed.

Also low placement with uptilt increases distance to rear wall and delays those reflections which can be beneficial for soundstage and imaging in a smaller room.

I use these with my smaller Triangle monitors in my wife's very lively 12X12 with cathedral ceiling sunroom (see my system picture) and this was the only thing I found that ever got any speakers sounding right in there.

Yeah I know, the wavetouch isn't a pretty speaker but it is unusual looking looks are important but not as important as sound. this is just an audition and the speaker may not be my bag anyway.

I think they look OK. Is that the same ribbon tweeter that Martin Logan is using on their non esl speakers?

Not sure if its the same tweeter? but I have no experience with ribbon tweeters. and I don't think they look that bad either, unusual for sure. but they look very solid and interesting. and with my amp and the 94db sensitivity I would think my amp would be in class a most of the time.

Looks very much like the same tweeter used in the Motion 20 and 40XT, but not the 60. The 60 tweeter looks like a larger version, possibly. The Wavetouch tweeter is the Dayton AMT2-4. You can look them up at Parts Express and also see the graphs at Dayton's website.