What’s a 10k to 15k speaker from smaller company that performs well?

You Can get amazing sound with way less than 15k.

15k.  Wow, really?

if I had the cash,burning a hole, I would go Dynaudio or Vienna acoustics.

 Depending what music you listen to.
vienna is not a rock speaker, as the Dynaudio is.

Ryan S840!! Well within the budget and sound amazing!

Classic Audio Loudspeakers. We showed with them at the Tampa show in February- AVShowrooms gave us 'Best Sound at Show', which is not the first time that's happened. Very nice speakers; easy to drive.

Salk SS 9.5 for under 10k

Salk Song 3 Encore however I believe is an incredible bargain.

Spendor D9.2

Joseph Audio Perspective 2s.

Best,Jim Smith

+1 for Daedalus and Legacy Audio but don't forget Salk Sound SS 9.5. It's a bargain for the performance level and exquisite build!

Nsmt Monitor 100’s are amazing. See Teajay’s (Terry London) review on these speakers in Stereo Times. The imaging and tonal colors are exquisite!

Vandersteen Treos and Quatros  I own the latter

great are there any videos of it playing  music 

Janszen Valentina - it's a hybrid electrostatic, and it has all the virtues of that kind of speaker: transparency, clarity, even frequency response, smoothness, low distortion, and great imaging. Plus: it has bass! Like all speakers using flat panels, it has a definite sweet spot. Having controlled directivity and little rear radiation, it's insensitive to positioning and ideal for smaller rooms.

The Muraudio SP1 has similar electrostatic virtues but broad horizontal dispersion. Therefore, it has wider sweet spot but more room interaction.

Either of those would be an outstanding choice if you value finesse over grunt.

MAGICO A3s jump on a pair asap.

how in the world did you find this thread?

The RBH Sound’s SVTR system utilizing a special amplification developed in house (no more crossover) is one of the most advanced system in the world. A magnificent speaker. 

Audiothesis hit me up after dec 29th I’m gonna try to roll out!

Any loudspeaker from Thiel Audio.

Legacy Aeris (used) with Wavelet or Focus SE or XD (semi-active uses Wavelet) are worthy contenders and are at a whole different level of play compared to Signature SE.

Agree with others who have named Joseph Audio, Daedalus and Rosso Fiorentino (Siena is an amazing speaker and worth the stretch). Eggleston Works Andra III or Savoy SE (used at a bit higher price) are also extremely worthy of note....

Well, not sure about "smaller" but I'm a big fan of Monitor Audio and some (not all) magico in that price range.

I really am a big fan of Fritz in terms of a nearly one person shop. Top end parts in very reasonable priced configurations.

Kharma, Lansche both used. Not sure how small they are, though.

I recently listened to the Legacy Signature SE and really wasn't impressed with them. They did all the audiophile stuff - sparkly highs, OK mids and lots of bass-  but I thought they were unrefined and coarse -- just my opinion. 

@rosami +1, but also Legacy Audio the entire range. Good luck. 

ATC SCM40s 

Won’t deal with the aerial people they were rude to me. 

Audio thesis. I will,get out there over the break for a listen 

So that you know I ask this question just to help others in THIER search. My gato FM6 is a beast. GATO FOR LIFE! 

+1 Joseph Audio Perspectives 

You should have come over on Oct 20th and heard the Rosso Fiorentino Volterra Calvin.  The little brother Fiesole went home with someone and the Volterra sold a week later.  I've still got the Siena on demo.

I know how much you like older Sonus Faber and the Rosso Fiorentino gear has been compared favorably, but I much prefer the RF sound.  RF is not a 'small' company, but they haven't saturated the US market yet.

Ditto Daedalus and Chapman. These are both artisanal product lines available from long-established designers. Both Lou Hinckley of Daedalus and Stuart Jones of Chapman are likable and freely available by phone. The factory-direct pricing model is reasonable.

Ohm Walsh 5015

@duckworp Those speakers are so cleanly designed. Beautiful minimalist design to them. How do they compare against some other speakers out there? 

RBH Sound is one of the best kept secrets in high end audio. At each price point RBH is the most honestly designed and built speaker you can find. Also check out their Status Acoustic line. I have the Status Acoustic Voice Fina bookshelf speaker. 2cm granite enclosure, beryllium alloy mid-woofer, Scan Speak tweeter: 
https://www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/voce-fina-review

Also check out the RBH reference tower speaker here: https://rbhsound.com/svt.php

A Small manufacturer in this price bracket that seduced me: Boenicke. The Boenicke W8 or W11 are sublime. Hand made in Switzerland out of solid wood. The most musical, airy, holographicl speakers I have ever heard.

PBN

Joseph Audio Perspective and Nola KO.  Also would recommend Vandy and ProAc, but not sure they're "smaller" companies. 

Another vote for Sanders.  Also look at Joseph Audio. 

Aerial 7t’s, but they didn’t really come into their own until I added a McIntosh MC452 amp.

PMC twenty5.26 They are British, excellent.

TEKTON DESIGN ENCORES OR ULFBERHTS 

Aerial 7T around 11K.

With that budget, you should be looking at a real state of the art speaker, such as anything from Bang & Olufsen. Not another tired passive with an MDF box.

Salk Exotica 3's fit the limits stated.
I really like the Song 3A version for around $6kish.
I've owned about 6 pairs of Salks and you cannot go wrong.

@calvinj With Salk you'll come in under 10K.  The Song3 BEAT or Song3 Encore fit your needs.

I don't know if it's a small manufacturer, but you really can't go wrong with Harbeth.  I have the SHL5+ and they are stunning.  My room is too small for the 40.2s, but they are even more impressive (in the right room).

As an aside, I recently added the SOtM Duo bridge and word clock to my system powered by an Illuminati DC supply.  I would not have thought the Harbeths could get any more detailed, but what an improvement!

Salk Sound.  
  
Every blind test I’ve seen them been included in had them winning. Their cabinets are also gorgeous and custom, but have long wait times as such.

@479142 +1 Yes Sanders is really a wonderful sounding system. 

I second the TAD ME-1. I just picked up a demo pair at CAF. They are spectacular. The biggest deepest bass in a smallish cabinet.

They're $6495, but after six months, I'm still happy with Sonist Concerto 4 Gen 2.  Solid wood, high WAF, very efficient, 27hz-45khz, great soundstage, very transparent without being edgy.  What's not to like? I had 10k budgetted, so used the savings to justfy a magical tube amp.  I added 3rd party jumpers and feet.  Hard to audition.

Music culture. 

Usher’s