My 2 cents - try for an in-home audition of whatever you think you want to buy. Nothing beats an audition in your home, with your gear, without a salesman hovering. Based on my own experience, I would rather miss out on a great pair pf speakers than take a chance that I will like them as much in my home as I did in the store or the hotel room without having the ability to return them. Most decent dealers will give you at least a weekend with a demo pair.
$16K new/used speaker question?
Opinions on options for full range, 8ohm, 90db or above speakers. So far I have heard and liked both Devore GibbonX, and Acoustic Zen Crescendo's and really like them both a lot. I'm using an all BAT tube system with the VK-150se tube amps. Any thing else I should be listening to? I've heard the Wilsons sound great with BAT gear, but on paper they look like they would be really rough on my amps.