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Volti Luceras at $12,900 are great speakers, and no they are not grainy at all.....they are brilliant. That is $4,500 less than your budget, and would leave some room for you to pick up a tube amp if you choose as well. The Volti Rivals are better yet at $16,900, but would eat up your whole budget......but damn they are silly good.
Pure Audio Project Trio 15 with the horn tweeter $8,400 are brilliant too, and that would leave you $9,000 to add a great tube amplifier. Notice with Pure Audio Project that you can have different tweeter/mid combos (Voxactiv, coaxial, horn) which changes the configuration and price tremendously; I very much prefer the horn version.
I'm adding a new pair of speakers this year, and the Volti and Pure Audio Project are very high on that list. I am lucky enough to have friends that own both brands (I helped them with the purchase), and I get to hear them frequently as well as I've spent much time with them at Axpona - Capital AudioFest - Southwest Audiofest