Real world Loudspeakers what does very good cost ?


Having had many great speakers in the past ,but now semi retired what is the average price to get a quality speaker it seems around $15- $20k+. Is getting to be the norm , Wilson Sabrina x $20 k , Magic A3-$15 k , Marten Oscar trio $13 k

b&w 804 $15 k .I was maybe thinking , availability is now a very real problem also.I am a big MBL fan their entry level stand mount 126 ,is a true Best Buy ,it has the sameOmni directional Tweeter and Midrange , that are out of the reflections of a box , and dual apposing bass drivers ,that being said a pair ofsubs like theSVS 4000 SB brings this price to around $20 k . It’s becoming very expensive to have real refinedLoudspeakers , having had  to rebuild Xovers in most Loudspeakers for their lack of parts quality ,it seems integrity is no longer the norm it’s more on profit .  Please do offer your Loudspeaker options and how much more is truly needed to get a truly resolving speaker without taking out a mortgage.

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Speaker "sound" is so dependent on the room,  the source,  the amplification and the positioning.  Matching all those components working together to provide the endpoint the proper load and power is critical to getting the desired result. 

There are so many posts here about matching components that  focusing on just  speakers without  considering all the other pieces would make it near impossible to extract value from your decision.  

Music type, volume level, size constraints are more important than the brand of speaker I think.  I haven't heard them all but would guess that any 20K speaker under optimum conditions for that speaker would sound terrific but that same speaker under non optimal conditions would have deficiencies that would make it not  completive with a better matched lower cost unit.