16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade.

Get another W - that's a better upgrade!

Sorry about the joke - how about a new Revel Ultimate Salon 1. Consider many as reference speaker in it's class.

Or MBL 111 - very different speaker but once heard you will want it. The The bass goes down to 20hz!!

Personally I suggest do not upgrade becuase of the room size is too small for any good speaker to sing unless you invest $$ into room treatment.

Ok, I took a tape measure and measure my room. It's 13'x19' but to the right we have another 8-9' dining area.

Your Aerial 10t are very good speaker and I think if you want to upgrade to another level you need to spend 30K+ to make a difference. Speakers in the 16K range will sound different and will not significanly better than yours.

As for WAF, this will cost you a lot because good looking and good performance speaker is very expensive and rare. I would like to get a pair as well but after trying for so many I settle with MBL 111. If looks are really important then I think I can settle with B&O 5.

Here ya go:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull&1221421670

Have you heard the Maggie 20.1s or Soundlabs? Soundlabs should have at least 2 models in that price range.

There are some things they do that are almost impossible to match with box speakers, though of course box speakers compare much more favourably in your price range than at less. But before spending this much - you've got to at least hear the Maggie 20.1s (with proper amps) to know how they are different/similar.

Oh - and if you aren't sensitive to sweet spot size (I am) then these might be interesting:

http://www.sanderssoundsystems.com/10b.htm

I've heard some of his older speakers and they do seem to outresolve every other electrostatic I've heard... That is pretty tough to do!

But main thing is to listen to 20.1s and see what you think - if you are intrigued then check out some SoundLabs and the Sanders ones as well.