Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice

I'd spend $1000, go the NYC for a few days, listen to speakers, then buy a pair of $19,000 speakers...otherwise the best I can come up with is few seem to actively dislike Vandersteen, though many don't particularly like them...there is no totally safe brand or model...

No way subway !!! There are quite decent under $200 hotel rooms in Manhattan 

Would certainly be nicer for 5k but if your goal was to audition speakers, totally unnecessary 

Yes absolutely unnecessary. But love the FR20 !!!

pretty much every $20,000 speaker is getting mentioned now...all are very good, but for  $20K you really should get what like best, not a safe bet that you won’t dislike them...Are you actually looking to do this, or is this just a question of curiosity ??

The OP later added size of room, and that he actually has 225 watt per channel Van Alstine mono blocks...

While I like Wilson, Magico, and Revel a little less, based on my experience with friends, others, and at dealers, they would not seem to belong on any "safe" to like list...and it sure seems every $20,000 speaker has now been mentioned...curious what the OP has learned...