Battle of the affordables

Wharfedale Super Lintons would be on my short list. 

I'll stick with my own 'trash', including my diy's.....

The latter, if I break them, I'm the one who can fix them....better.

And I fully intend to do Just That, as needed.

No warranty bs, no shipping concerns to or from, no unforeseen arguments....

Get back to me when you've matched that. ;)

The Harbeth C7ES-XD!  They disappear and deliver extremely good response for $4800 new. Most musically adept speaker I’ve ever owned. 

SVS

I really like the SVS but based on some online reviews there may be sibilance issues.  Looking at some of the measurement, there is a peak at around 4k - 5Khz, which is usually the main cause for sibilance.