I nominate this company as building best speakers!

I’m happy for the O.P. in 2 ways: he found speakers that thrill him; and he apparently can afford their price. Those 2 things don’t often happen together!

Side comment about the Ohm Walsh speakers mentioned above: one of the many pleasures of Prime Video’s exception policier, BOSCH (based on Michael Connelly’s books) is the vintage stereo gear scattered around his glass-enclosed LR with the astounding view of L.A. This includes Ohm Walsh speakers (pegged them the second I 1st glimpsed them). There aren’t many acclaimed omni designs around, and that is one of them.

It is always fun to see what everyone says when a question like "what is the best (fill in the blank)?"  We all are very passionate about what we love and it is always different.  It is like trying to get total agreement on what is the best beer or wine.  There will never be any agreement and that is a good thing.  It makes our hobby exciting. 

  He get's it    There is no “best.”  That’s a fallacy
       Some 10 yo weasel  likes then  So stay back 

Not sure how you can make such a strong claim until you've lived with a speaker for awhile.  I fell in love with a pair of speakers at the dealer, only to find that I could not live with them in my room, for various reasons.  The showroom is NOT your living room.  

mahalkita
I have to agree with your assessment of the durability of the apogee speakers, the only thing that is finally getting bad on mine is the foam.