What is under $5k speaker with best bass slam?

I owned Mahlers for six years, have owned other large speakers and have heard a lot of large speakers - "slam" is the Mahler's forte. In each speaker, you have two 10" woofers, two ports, and two 7" mid/bass drivers. The 7" mid/bass drivers are the same 7" driver used in the WattPuppy and Maxx II's, they are normally used as bass drivers, and are, due to first-order crossovers, down only 6 db. at 35 Hz. (and that's just the mid/bass drivers). Largely as a result of the foregoing, the speakers are tipped up in the midbass and move a lot of air -- they'll pin you up against a wall.

The Klipsch K-Horns always impressed the hell out of anyone who heard them for the first time. And the fact that a 25W/ch. amp could play them loud enough to make your ears bleed was the icing on the cake.

We dubbed them the "Ultimate Lease Breakers" back in the day...[g]

-RW-

Harmonic Precision Caravelle's. I have only heard one small speaker that sounded as good but they cost a lot more. Von Schweikert speakers suck!

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Thanks for all the inputs. I mostly listen to music as backgrounds at a low level. My system is Ayre AX-7e, Harbeth HL Compact 7es2, computer digital output converted by Benchmark DAC1. I use apple lossless files. Their synergy is unbelievable and I am 99% satisfied.

The only thing I sometimes miss is "bass slam". I don't care too much for lowest frequency. But since I love drum sound and occasionally play drums, Harbeth C7 is not enough.

Like Shadorne's advice, I also thought about using pro speakers. But I wonder if there's any good looking pro speakers that will not ruin the indoor scene of my house.

Doug