Speaker recomendation

Boenicke W5 or W8 are within your budget. Swiss made, immaculate solid wood cabinets, built in suspended isolation, naturally voiced, wide expansive sound, transparent.

@audiotroy has driven the OP out of the room.  So sad.  What I notice is that Dave and Troy do this constantly.  If you push back on them, the posts get longer and longer, as if they can win the argument by using more words.  

AudioTroy does offer good advice and information some times.  And they offer positive feedback on competitor products... but alway qualified.  "they are good, but..." and there is always that "but".  

Legacy speakers may be the best speakers ever.  But, my opinion will always be tainted by this sad poster and his habit of derailing every post he participates in.  Why do these guys think it's okay to argue with everyone in almost every post?  

Face it, @audiotroy, Legacy is good.  But not perfect for every situation.  Same with my Revel F208s.  They are great in my room with my gear.  No "buts" about it... except to say, But they are not perfect in every situation.  Same is true for all the recommendations above, including Legacy.  So get off your high horse and accept that there are different tastes, different rooms and different situations.  And have a little self awareness that your loud, wordy, condescending posts don't help anyone... and usually end up crushing the discussion rather than helping it.

soundermn,
Bravo! I don't even know you, but I think I like you! Seriously, as you say, Dave and Troy often have interesting and informative contributions, but when it comes to Legacy and Paradigm Persona, it gets to be a little much sometimes.  

If an OP mentions anything like this:

Budget is about $10-15K for an amp and speakers.

 
...AudioTroy invariably comes running to interject with his unparalled wisdom.

I hope we have not lost the OP, but.......if he is still reading this, my questions would be what does he use in his 1st home ( his bio indicates he has / had Gershman Acoustics AGs ) ? He knows something about sounds and music listening, and is probably asking due to the layout and acoustics of this new listening space. So, to the OP. Can you speak about the system in your 1st home and how you use it / enjoy it ? As far as dealers are concerned, Audiogon allows it, so lets all live nicely together. We really are a passionate bunch here on the "Gon.