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Joseph Audio pulsar 2 graphene are some of the most musical speakers I’ve ever heard and probably my favorite, but never owned them. Slightly higher than your budget of $15k would be the QLN signatures. I own the Prestige 5s and just love the tonal balance of QLN…never fatiguing, midrange reproduction of instrument and vocal timber is near perfect, excellent on all musical genres. They make a standmount 2-way called the Prestige1, but haven’t heard it.

JBL L19/4301

theyre really good

i like those minimus 7 too. always impressive how good they sound. 

I found the Dutch & Dutch 8c to be great-sounding speakers. Powered, so no worries about electronics.

They may not be ideal if you're exclusively into soft century chamber music and hushed female vocalists, but if your listening habits are like mine they're great. 

I love my a Harbeth 30.2 40th anniversary. Impressive tonal accuracy and organic sound, particularly for midrange. May be not the best given price range. But tough to beat for price value. May be close to the best under 10k. Makes reviewers annual list year after year.I am planning to audition the Fleetwood Deville soon to see if they are worth the hype. Anyone has heard them and compared to other 2 way bookshelf type?

I heard the new small 2 way stand mount from PS Audio & they’re quite good. Also the new small speaker from Quad just got a good review from Stereophile. The two Mofi are really musical & image great. Also I’ liked the  two newer KLH models  when I heard them; full rich sound w/ solid bottom end.