Best overall Speakers for $2,500.00 or less, New?

That's a pretty tall order for a new speaker in the $2500.00 range. Used at that price will open up the flood gates thou.It also depends on what you consider great bass.Some consider thumping heavy port chuffing ..great bass.Or do you want great definition and pitch bass?
Also neutrality isn't that easy to find. Especially in a traditional box speaker..I think it's possibly but it's going to cost you.

A well designed transmission line or sealed enclosure yields the tightest bass in a box speaker IMHO.
A large planar or E-stat can cover most of what your asking for... without the heart pounding bass.

The Paradigm 100 v3s does a decent job but falls short on neutrality and great bass IMHO. I couldn't live with the port chuffing on these speakers.Bottom line I think you can get what you want but you may have to mix and match .Maybe include a sealed sub in the price and also plan to buy used.

I would be telling you a lie... If I recommended a single speaker new at $2500.00 that could do all of what you want.
Personally I haven't heard those speakers yet.

Good Luck with the Hunt!

I second the OHM Acoustics speakers. They don't come up used very often, but you may be able to get a pair of Walsh 5 MkII speakers for $2500 used.

Rick

Vandersteen 2CE Sigs are definitely worth an audition. Good luck! Robert

I second the Vandersteen 2ce Sigs 100%. Those that say they can't find a decent speaker under $2500 new, hasn't heard these.

Hoenstly,
I don't think it exists. You could spend double that and have a short list of candidates. Used will get you a lot closer to your goal.
If you talk to the folks who make 'em most will readily admit that to engineer to that price point, they must make some compromises. The choice of which compromises to make, and the execution is why there are so many speaker lines and so many different design theories.
By stating that you don't want monitors, sounds like good bass performance is near the top of your list of priorities. If so, I think the floorstanders will give you some tradeoffs in the other areas mentioned. If you find the killer $2500 speaker that does it all, please share!
Spencer