Speakers that excel at depth/layering/space

I am a Vandersteen guy as well, however, I must add that your room has to support all the good stuff. I dare say that the room can easily destroy a large percentage of the goodness that the best speaker can deliver...even Vandersteens

MBL and Sound Labs are two that, for my taste are undeniably layered, and textured.
One person's layers and textures SHOULD BE everyones, but it's amazing to me how many times have I toured CES with someone else listening to loudspeakers only to shake my head, wondering why we hear differently.
Kevin Hayes, Jim Thiel, are two people I've been in Vegas with, who I find myself agreening with--and not so strangly, whose gear I respect, admire and enjoy.
A pair of USED CS5's would/could be a terrific bargain--THIEL'S best ever, for my taste, loudspeaker.
AND speaking of Kevin--his electronics personify textures and layers, much more so, IMHO than Mac--and I am a McMasters attendee, have enormous respect for it--but can't for the most part place it in the same league as VAC, for example. AGAIN, IMHO.

Good luck in your search.
Larry

Larry

Tubes are generally required for highly dimensional sound. I am surprised that has been mentioned mainly as an aside. I don't discount the value of good speakers I use JM Lab Focal Electra 936s in my main rig .
When I switched to tube power amps (later I added a great inexpensive tube pre) the sound became magical, halographic, layered, textured, airy, crystalline, very deep and wide. My audio buddies kept saying how good my speakers sounded now. What did I do to them they wondered? I said the speakers are exactly the same. The amps made the difference. And for the umpteenth time I will repeat you must use tube power amps to get this effect. I was given this advice from my old pal Trelja. He could'nt have been more correct.

SOUNDLABS. Buy some and you search has ended.

ProAc and Wilson, though with completely different perspectives. Wilson is like sitting in the front 5 rows and the ProAcs more like sitting from the center.