A list of efficient speakers at ~$5K a pair.

My question would be this. Based on your "music listening" preferences, what sound and performance characteristics would you like more of than what the Fritz are providing to you? What areas of improvement are you looking to achieve? If dynamics, at low or high listening levels are important to you (keeping in mind our recordings might be a bottleneck here, compared to live, unamplified music), I would look at horn loaded speakers, some mentioned above, as well as Tekton models. Someone mentioned above that they owned 85db sensitive speakers that were as dynamic as anything else they have heard/owned. I must disagree with this, as to my ears and my fundamental understanding of dynamics and musical scale, compression exists otherwise. Of course, a smooth neutral tone, coherence, speed and agility, spatiality, and the room matching of speaker and listener, all are critical in achieving great sound and performance, imo & ime. Good luck and my best! MrD.

I think you're overcomplicated this process. Listen to the music and choose what sounds right "to you". I personally own Tekton Moab's.

@jijoh123 , are those going for 5k a pair?

I run a set of ZU, Omen Def Supremes powered by the Pass Labs XA25 in a 25x21’ room. My system sounds awesome and I don’t ever want for more power. The speakers are 105 lb ea that might not work for every one. The foot print is only 15x15”.

++++1 for the Volti Razz

I do not own them (I may very well buy their big brother Luceras in 2025), but I do get to listen to them on occasion as 2 friends own them. 97db at 6 ohms so easy to drive, and dynamic as hell, can be found for under $5,000 used for sure. They seem to match up well with SS and tube amps

Not sure how their frequency response measures, as it is so room dependent

@vthokie83 I have researched the Volti Razz. Living in southern Illinois allows a trip to the factory for a listen. I have to say that i think they may be too much for my room.