Looking for a good full range floor stander

The Dali Oberon 5 gets a glowing revue in this months Absolute Sound .
I have heard them 5-6 hours on a good system . At 3 way with built in stands it's the best speaker I've ever heard for anything like the money.In the last 50 years I've owned over 100 speakers , heavy on KEF , Magnepan , Totem and such . Oberon 5 is 1500 $ !

I could stop right now and be perfectly happy with the Oberon 5.Listening was to jazz and classical but they are neutral enough for any genre .  They look nice as well and will get a high WAF  .

If you want stellar sound in your price range I doubt you will beat the Klipsch KPT-942-B THX . Full range fidelity you will be shocked at and very efficient. Made for 200 seat theaters or small auditoriums and to be put into venues that demand great quality sound. It will fill that sized room up louder than you can stand with crystal clear audio. You know lots of people poo-poo these types of speakers and I don't get it. I suppose it is because they have never heard them but you are missing out if you are in the hunt and don't at least find a set to listen to.  I have had systems with the bass bin which does things like Toccata and Fugue in D Minor really well and the K-402 horn I have on my existing system goes from 500hz to 20khz and you will hear things you have never heard before with these.

Oh I forgot to mention this is a true two way system just like you were asking about. It comes with passive crossovers or you can go active which I have discovered is the way to squeeze the best potential out of your system. Talk is cheap and so are anonymous words from someone you don't know. All I can say though is put this system to the test and see what you think.

Lol..  enjoyable read..  lots of good info and opinions. There are many good speakers out there.  How they sound in your room is anybody’s guess except for you. Go after a speaker that matches your room’s needs, your systems requirements, wife acceptance factor.. etc..  narrow it down from there..  Your speakers will reveal your upstream weaknesses, if any, and you can adjust from there. 
Also b sure to understand the placement requirements of some speakers in relation to the the wall, etc..  Have heard many would be great sounding systems compromised by placement due to furniture, shape, etc..
Good luck and enjoy the ride

The speakers also have to be childproof and be able to play insanely loud in a large room without damage and be satisfyingly musical in the evening? There's always something better and the only way to own the 'best' is to decide you like what you have and quit shopping! 

@schubert 

"I've owned over 100 speakers."

Yikes.  I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum; I've owned 2 primary pair in 43 years (Dahlquist DQ10a's, Aerial 10T's).  My selection process was always exhaustive, and I've listened to over 100 speakers, but obviously I stick with the ones I love the most.

I'm both envious of your energy and daunted by the prospect of switching so regularly.  What drives you to change so much?

Where do the rest of you fall in this arena?

I've personally owned several pairs of speakers, most were bought used off Audiogon, swapmeets or sites like Craigslist/Offer Up. My latest find were a pair of Paradigm Atom v3 for $20.

To me I enjoy hearing differen't brands of speakers in my own environment for extended periods of time. A short akward audition in a showroom doesn't tell me much. The only problem is when it comes time to sell. I wish there was a way to rent hi end speakers and avoid the whole buy/sell routine.

I admit I've never had alot of money to just buy the best and be done with it. Even then I'd still want to enjoy many speakers in my own enviroment.

Is it me, or the OP didn´t posted his final decision? Come on OP, let us know about your call :)