What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase?

lwin I recommended the PS Audio floorstanders to him...makes sense as he has PS Audio gear.

lhasaguy I agree about Maggies.   I loved my Mag Minis for years until my 250 WPC amp blew while watching an Aggie tournament basketball game.  I was using it with a Velodyne sub.  Sold the Maggies, but they were so beautiful with acoustic music and vocals such as with Eva Cassidy or several of my Louis Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald albums, etc.  I don't knowif his amplifier has the current needed but it might.  I miss the Maggies but I actually sold them for more than what I paid for them.   I also had the Magnepan bass panel.

@vinylshadow 

I see the fisher and fisher flagship speaker is 120 k and puts it around the Rockport Orion. Which model were you talking about? I’d love to hear them tho. 

aigie88 & ihasaguy, FWIW, Maggies or other tall electrostatic or planar speakers might just fit the bill to overcome vertical dispersion issues the OP has due to a 6 1/2' ceiling. Problem is to maximize sonic response (3d imaging) these speakers really have to be 5+ ft from the wall behind them otherwise the back wave might just exacerbate the HF issue he has. The OP isn't wild about discussing room placement opportunities beyond his present placement of his B&W's. Yours is a good thought though.  Perhaps he just has esthetic issues with speakers out in the room more, or placement of his listening seat. Who knows.  It's his dime though. :-)

 I thought the 6 1/2 height was a typo for 8 1/2.  Evidently not.  It's nice to know that Gandalf brought the Shire some modern gear ;)