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ricred,  there are few spekers that are going to give you more, it depends on what you want for more if it is resolution and image holography then you can move up to a few other speakers some of the players here will not sound as big though. 

We would invite you over for a visit we have several of the best affordable reference loudspeakers on display. 

We have the Legacy Aeris which are awesome, the Paradigm Persona 9H which have greater speed and resolution over the Monitors and the KEF Blades, we also have a pair of the rarest speakers on Earth the Polymer Audio MKX-s a $68k set of speakers with the pure Acuton Diamond midrange and tweeter, amazing speakers our demos are $30k

I still think we can make some changes to your setup room tuning power conditioning and cabling that wil make you want to stay with the Monitors. 

Please feel free to reach out.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

audiotroy,
I appreciate your participation in my thread. Please send me a PM with your recommendations.

Regard,

Richard

Yeah you've got nice speakers.  What area of added detail are you looking for?  If it were me I might try experimenting with some cables/interconnects to see if that can give you that last bit of detail you're looking for.  Or maybe even try demoing a different preamp or DAC or something that has a reputation for excelling in the area you're looking to improve instead of changing speakers?  Just some thoughts. 

That said, one speaker in your price range that has continually impressed me over the years has been the Joseph Audio Pearls.  If you haven't heard them it might be worth your while to check them out if you have a dealer within striking distance.  If they don't do anything for you, well, then I got nuthin'.  Best of luck. 

I've listened to Joseph Audio and think their great speakers. I don't like them well enough to replace my Monitor Audio PL 500's with them. 
I'm looking into a couple different options, including listening to different amp/preamp combinations.