Best Kept Speaker Secret?


OK all you speaker experts out there here goes. There are always "sleepers" or "exceptions to every rule or cost" in high end audio equipment. In your opinion what is the best kept secret or exception to the cost for the very best speaker you can buy for $4000 or less (Used). Your feedback will be greatly appreciated toward building my short list. Thank you.
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A company from Belgium, specializing in cello manufacturing has designed a series of speakers called EHS. These comparitively diminutive floor-standing speakers reportedly use no crossovers, but utilize the fabric cover, which is non-removable except by the company. So, if driver blows, back to Belgium. I owned a pair of "Tenors", the company's flagship, for about two years. Holographic, musical, romantic, but rolled off. For string music, especially small ensembles, the presentation was fabulous. Lay a rock or funk jazz track, though, and the heart of the energy was lost. Costs for these speakers (I'm not sure if they are still being made), range from around $600.00 to $4800.00.
By the way, the cabinet work was top quality and a joy to look at.