electrostatic with detail?

Find a pair of Acoustat 1+1,2+2,Model 2 or Model 3,your seach is then over. Nuff said.

Thanks for the input on the various items. Johnsonwu, do you have an opinion on the better detail with air, and yes I will look at the prodigy/ascent.

The ML Prodigy is a fine product. For 10K it better be! The Inner Sound Eros bests the Ml product line with exception to the Prodigy and Statement and for half the cost of the Prodigy. If you want detail, this is your speaker in spades!

SoundLab #1 choice, followed by the Innersound Eros. Otherwise get Maggies and add a Carver subwoofer.

I don't disagree with much that has been said, and particularly agree with Johnsonwu. In particular, MLs are very fussy as regards setup. Poorly setup they usually sound indistinct from the mids on up. They MUST be firmly spiked to the floor. You MUST experiment with forward tilt to get higher frequencies in focus. You MUST have a uniform and uncluttered front wall. If you deal with these issues and the rest of your system is up to it, then you will get lots of detail - more naturally presented than any Thiel. But I agree with Audiokinesis that the ML is bested by the Soundlabs.