Advice from Audiogon family - best speaker $3k-$4k

I am in a fairly similar search mode as the OP, and would have seconded @vinylzone suggestion of Maggie 1.7i at <$3k … BUT you can’t drive them adequately with that Mac integrated, and small/medium Maggies are so dependent on listener room constraints and preferences for genre/content (eg lower extension/dynamics)

agree with this 100% - maggies at various price levels are capable of some of the very finest sound obtainable, thus are a tremendous value -- but they do put rather severe demands on the rest of the chain, and can be hit-or-miss in the wife acceptance department

This is the most personal of choices of all the components in our systems. I believe speakers come first and everything follows. You have to travel and listen! Asking for advice here is like asking someone to pick out a girlfriend for you. And like girlfriends, try before you buy!

i agree w this but asking for advice is not a bad thing, especially when auditions are difficult to achieve

that said, the asker is best served, while asking, to specify -- in as much detail as possible -- what their current rig and room is, and how they feel the sound quality is currently and the priorities wrt how it can improve ...

otherwise, all 'advice' given are shots in the dark more or less

I have listen to Sonus Faber and I like them.  Advice?

you've answered your own question, if you like them after hearing them, what advice do you need?