Speaker recommendations welcomed

Love the Revel Performa recommendations, and I will also get behind that! I currently have Revel’s in my main system after having been through so many over the years….

I will also throw out Dynaudio Evoke 50’s. The Dynaudio sound is wildly addictive. Just keep in mind you’ll want to really give them some good, clean power to get their best…

Enjoy the journey and good luck!

You didn’t mention how big your room is, and whether you can pull speakers 3 feet to 5 feet out into it while listening to music or how far you will be from them in your listening position. You didn’t mention whether you listen loud, medium, or at lower levels. Some speakers don’t "come alive" until you get them into the 82 or higher dB range while others can excel at lower volumes. What you get should cover what your listening bases are and whether or not you are a bass head. Good luck. 

@hk_fan Major or core sound system components (e.g.  speakers and amplification source) should be matched or compatible with one another in order to achieve optimum sound quality.  I would recommend that you consider this in your shopping expedition.  The recommendations you are and will be getting here are basically individual preferences, in general.  The dimensions and acoustic properties of your sound room, speaker placement within a room, etc. are also major factors in speaker and component selection, not to mention the type of music you like.  Lastly, the most important factor is your own ears.  What sounds great to Joe Blow may not necessarily sound the best to you.  There are many great choices in your budget range.  Many have been mentioned here but there are many others, as well.

Some good questions from everyone so I will answer:

Electronics: Really considering Michi P5 S2 and S5 amplifier for electronics, some sort of streamer as yet to be determined. I also like Coda and Pass Labs.

Room size: Approx 20W x 30L x 10H this will be a dedicated room so I can pull speakers out from the walls.  Will have some acoustic treatments.

Usage: Not part of a theater, dedicated 2-channel setup. Listen at low to medium volumes most of the time so a speaker that can project detail and dynamics at lower volumes is important - thanks for that question @moonwatcher.

Music: Varied but tend to bounce between jazz, some classic rock, grunge, old country - fairly eclectic. Live recordings are some of my favorites for critical listening - Dire Straits, Nirvana, Johnny Cash. Sting.

I've started to research the Golden Ear T-66 and it checks a lot of the boxes on paper.  I'm a sucker for ribbon tweeters!

Pure Audio Project Duet 15 Horn 1. Open baffle masterpiece.