Speaker recomendation

@mrdecibel my 1st home (apt in NYC) compromises the following:

Gershman Avant Garde
Rega Planar 3 with Rega Exact cartridge
Rega phono stage
Schiit Gugnir DAC & Schiit Raganrok amp
MacMini connected via ethernet/S/PDIF Digi AlloOne
Roon

thank you all for the detailed responses.  i wasn't receiving updates via email and didn't realize there was this much detail in this thread that I started.  I APOLOGIZE!  @Aalenik I'm listening to the AZC's this weekend!  @shadorne in terms of the type of speaker, I'm much more interested in quality sound than aesthetics.  A traditional box that sounds great without all the "luxury" fit and finish appeals to me much more.  I have a wife, but it so happens she is also looking for great sound more than outward looking appeal.  

@audiotroy what a great idea, never thought of using a separate poweramp with the integrated!

@tomic601 I've listened to Dynaudio Contour's and Spendor D9's recently and liked them both a lot for different reasons but feel they are very over-priced for what they are, to the tune of $5K over-priced.  I'm hot to audition some Vandersteen's, mostly the 3's.  I'm starting to realize that what I should be going for is really good sound at around 12' from where the speakers will be, and not worry as much about filling the room which would compromise everything. I will certainly look into conditioning the room (drapes, dampening, etc.) but the first is getting a suitable system.  @audiotroy what has happened here is unfortunate.  You seemed to have caused a flame throw festival when many just wanted to be helpful.  I see you are a Gershman dealer and I personally like my AvantGarde's a lot, so I'll assume you try to sell value-based products whenever possible.  I guess there is a fine line that is not to be crossed here, which stands to reason.  @shadorne as for my personal taste, what else would you like to know?  50% of my listening is definitely 50's jazz.  The rest is split between classic rock, brazilian, afro-cuban and classical.  For playback, I'll use a high quality DAC with some form of rasberry (I have the DigiOne Allo at home and love it) coupled with Roon.  I have vinyl in my apartment with a Rega deck but don't plan on having vinyl in this new system as this one needs to be focused on convenient playback and integrating my wife's collection and mine or else she will toss me on my ass.  

@soundermn @vingard and others who have slammed @audiotroy for offering his opinions.  I just got off the phone with Dave and had a very nice and friendly hour-long chat. I've experienced most if not all of the NYC/tri-state area audio dealers and I assure all of you, Dave is not one of them. After spending 30 minutes on the phone with him, he actually directed me to a speaker he thought was on sale on Agon! As someone who is trying to go and audition speakers with limited time, there is knowledge that I can't possibly expect to glean because I don't have the time to acquire it. When you've been doing something as long as Dave and Troy have (combined 70 years of experience) in a hobby that is incredibly subjective, their opinions are valid, and they deserve a right to have them and post them freely, unless of course there are clear rules against that sort of thing.   However, @soix was probably right to call Dave out for bashing his recommendation, maybe that wasn't cool, but I can also respect that Dave feels that the AZ's aren't offering as much value as what he's recommending.  I will give Dave my time (although maybe not my hard-earned money) because I think he will open my ears up to some things I wouldn't have otherwise heard.  Cheers to all and thanks for being passionate about great sound.  ~Lance

@milpai thanks.  ProAc definitely on the radar.

After reading a review of the current Dynaudio FocusXD and XEO line and that they offer, I feel I would be crazy not to consider actives for use in my home.  Does anyone have an opinion based on their own listening experience about Dynaudio's active line or other similarly priced speakers that are active?

bumping my last question since my post was once again co-opted by bickering.  My question was about active floorstanders, which I'll re-quote.  "After reading a review of the current Dynaudio Focus XD 60 and XEO line, I would be crazy not to consider actives for use in my home. Does anyone have an opinion based on their own listening experience about Dynaudio's active line or other similarly priced speakers that are active?"

@soix  maybe you and Dave could agree to meet up and duke it out.  I'm trying to get opinions on my post.  You seem like you want to have a personal argument that I would call unrelated. Furthermore, does anyone on this thread really care anymore about your defense of the speakers you don't own?  Jeez man.  You must not work for a living with the amount of time you are spending on this argument.  

@soix 1,736 posts and counting.  I don't look forward to reading 1,737.  

@hddg thank you!  I will look into the XTZ as I've not heard of them before.  I'm leaning towards the Avantgarde XD Zero right now as they seem to do a lot right for my space but haven't had the chance to listen to them yet.  

@ctsooner Thanks for re-posting.  I completely agree, listening is the only source of truth, but listening in your own home is 100x better than listening in a dealer's room.