Looking for a warm sweet speaker

Silverline Preludes.

Harbeth M-40.1's occasionally come available slightly more or less than your $7,500 budget.   

Hmm, maybe I'm using different terminology than you are, but when I think 'warm' that tends to make me think of a rather smoothed treble response instead of a resolving one. 

For resolution without harshness it's hard to beat Revel, especially the new Be series, though I'd call them neutral and not warm.  

When I think 'warm' I think the original Elac Debut series, Wharfedale's Diamond line, or the new JBL L100 Classics - a forgiving slightly 'old school' sound that gives up detail and emphasizes the midbass.  

Dynaudio and B&W may be worth looking into for you, I'd consider them to be on the warmer side of neutral.  

Does anyone have any experiences with Selah Audio? Rick Craig brought his Epico speakers to LSAF this year and it was a very interesting speaker. I am not really into self powered speakers but it was well thought out given what I heard during my brief audition.

"Yes I had given some thought to the Spendors. Years ago, when I first got into hi-fi the dealer that I worked for carried Spendor, Harbeth, KEF, Rogers and Quad. I always had a fondness for SP-1's. The vocal range on the best british monitors always sucked me into listening even if I had other things to do. "

I think the tweeter in the D7 and D9 allow them to meet your requirement of  'something a little more modern sounding', but you still get the classic British sound.   I've never heard the D7 but I own the D9 and it has an amazing mid range along with a detailed but non-offending top end and has excellent bass/punch.