What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase?

I am pretty content with Caladans, but Steve Huff, who has listened to far more speakers that have I, seems to believe that O Audio's Icon 12 Speakers are about the best he has heard. Pure Audio Project also has some interesting speakers. Open baffle speakers have a different bass sound. They tend to have less slam, but most think that they are more accurate. That said, sound is personal. Even if you did like Bose, or very compromised speakers, you are not wrong. What you like is what you like, don't worry about what others think.

From personal experience I have found Totem and Nola speakers to be the most natural and musical while being the most forgiving of room dynamics.  They have great speakers that are less than $5000 but also make them over $10000.

I currently am using Totem Twin Bisons and they totally disappear into the sound stage.  Totem recommendations are to setup with the speakers firing straight a head for the best soundstage.  Which I have validated.  No getting anal about setting toe in, etc.

Just my experience which is worth nothing in the big picture 

Sonus Faber New G2 3 models much trickle down technologies 

great customer feedback  from $4-$8k  excellent sonics and quality!!

@triton20trx appreciate your input on Totem ... always been enamored with that group!

get some room corrected actively driven speakers like Genelec SAMs and be done, forever.  hear what the recoding engineer heard!