Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker?

Beautiful room george r. I don’t have much experience listening to bookshelf speakers VA Hayden se are pretty cool, Raidho D 1.2 are always amazing at axpona, but if I was shopping for a ‘close to full range’ stand mount that I could place a few feet from any reflective surface I’d buy the paradigm persona b and use some of the change to buy my wife something nice.

ATC 40A active towers.  They love good power cables and XLR cabling.  Reclaim unnecessary power amp real estate.  Reduce cabling.  Clean solution.  Yes, I’ve owned them.  Good luck.

I'd like to add my voice of recommendation to these already mentioned:

B&W 805 D4

Marten Parker Duo

Keep an eye out for used Focal Diablo Utopia Colour Evo's; They often show up in your price range.

If you're looking for small, these pack an AMAZING amount of sound in a little package while maintaining excellent quality:

Wilson Tune Tot

Raidho TD 1.2

Magico A1