Battle of the affordables

I LOVED my B&W Nautilus 804, and for $2k used, GREAT buy. Hate 'sharp' highs, no issue with mine. 

Replaced with smaller 2 way, which is at mechanical limits in my very large (volume) room, even with sub crossed at 120 Hz. 

Current favorite (not fully evaluated) in the 'affordable' (under 2k) segment: Focal Chora 826. 

Sorry to suggest something not on your list but you have asked about some quite different speakers. I would look at and listen to Verity Audio Parsifal Encore. They are in the higher end the price points on your list but I think you can get a mid to late 2000s pair for 5 to 5.5 K. Solid built, room friendly, flight cases and pretty good WAF.

This is my first interaction with this forum, so please excuse any errors I make.  I may be wrong, but I did not see any information on what andy2 felt he was missing with his current speakers.  Can you articulate what you are looking for with a change?

thanks for indulging me…

Well if any of these sounds as good as my Pioneer S-1EX’s with the matching center,  I’ll consider it

I have recently spent some time with a pair of Rogers LS6 two way bookshelf's on stands. I am shocked with their presentation. Sold them after a week, but can't stop thinking about them. Visited my friend, who bought them from me. We put on the remixed PF "Animals", and verified my previous opinion. Only my Maggie 20.7 and Vandersteen 2Ci's could best them... ???