Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range

I'm double dipping. I posted my interest in the same price range as you and since I just bought my Hegel H360 and whatever I hear will still have to sound good 'in my room' I went ahead and bought a used pair of Revel Salon2's locally that I should be able to flip if they fail to deliver.
I still think for the music you listen to a pair of Vienna Acoustics orSonus Faber should be on your short list. I went to a local dealer to audition the Dyna contour 60 and he basically refused to sell them to me citing 'Alon Wolf is coming out with a new $10k speaker that will be worth waiting for' then added he didn't want me coming back to him down the road angry that he didn't warn me. 
 VA speakers measure like garbage so they are likely more room/amp dependent, but the Beethoven's I let go because they didn't go loud enough have been hard to replace. I'll make you a deal, buy a used pair of 'The Music' and if you don't fall in love and you got them at the low end of your price i'll buy them off you. OH $hit I already bought the S2's, well just the same we could swap or something what state do you live in?

@steve59 , did you ever listen to the Paradigm Persona or Focal Kanta that I recommended you?

Steve59,

I've also got a Hegel amp (and their HD30 DAC) and am now looking to upgrade to a pair of speakers that do better justice to the upstream components as well as my ears (my AV 123 Rockets have worn out their welcome). I would imagine that the Revel Salon2 would be a fantastic match based on the reviews I've read. And your idea of getting them used so you can swap them out if desired without too much of a loss is a perfect way to go. I've been thinking along those same lines.

I'd love to know your own impression of having the Salon2s in your system with your Hegel gear... and any other speaker-listening insights you might have along those lines.

After Easter I'm going to start a serious "find my new speakers" quest which will involve hours and hours of hitting various dealers in driving distance of Washington DC, and the listening experience of others can help guide what I seek out to listen to.

I've also heard the Dynaudio Contour 60s powered by the Hegel 360 and it was very impressive. But I'm also really eager to hear what the new Magico A3s can do... when the heck will they start to appear?

Also, based on the rave-reviews I'm really curious how those Tekton Double Impacts (SEs?) sound... the catch being that my listening room is the main family room and so the speaker choice, while not having to be exotically gorgeous, needs to also be attractive in the eyes of my spouse (and I'm thinking the Tektons, for all their sonic praise, sadly won't pass the look-nice-in-the-family-room test).

-Dave

Saturday I listened to the new Focal Kanta 2. The dealer claimed he was using $85,000 amps.
I liked the way they looked and the soundstage and midrange was good. But, I was disappointed in the bass quality. I played some rock music and the woofers became boomy and distorted. 
So, IMHO the Focal Kanta 2 will need subs.

ozzy

ozzy,

I was also disappointed by the bass of the Focal Kanta 2 when I auditioned them.  They were in a good room, well out from the wall, with room treatment.   Yet I found the bass to have a over-ripe, quality that made it disconnected from the rest of the frequency spectrum (the Focals having a very "fast" and precise sounding midrange/top frequencies).