$3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ?

corelli, this is the first time that I "meet" someone who is familiar with these speakers. Yes, set up is critical, and if you push them too far they get out of control. But at moderate level with especially smaller scale acoustic music they sound quite good, acoustic guitar and vocals are convincing. VAC Avatar SE is an excellent match, Purist Audio cabling.

Devore Nine..

bjesien, thank you, this sounds interesting.

Tekton speakers..I usually don't like Eric's posts here and his preferences of electronics.

Focal 936

@inna   I agree that some of Eric's posts have not served him well.  He can be polarizing when pushed.  However, the couple of calls I made to him were very cordial and helpful.  It would be a shame to discount his speakers given that he has multiple models in your price range that I think would outperform the competition.  Also, his speakers work will with a wide range of electronics, tube and solid state.

My experience hearing Tekton was that they were exciting but bright and forward. I'd be more interested in these at your price point, listed on USAM:

Dynaudio Contour S 3.4
Paradigm Signature S8 v2 + C1 v2
GoldenEar Triton One speakers
Spatial Audio X3 Speakers
 ProAc 38R speakers
 Paradigm Prestige 95F Towers