Looking for Speaker Recommendations

I'm with the couple of people that mentioned vandersteen. 10k should get you a pair of treos which are fantastic speakers. I wonder though, if you shouldnt reexamine your Mac amp. Mac's are super mellow and tend to pair well with brighter speakers like B&W and focal which you said you don't like. My feeling was to always start with the speakers a s they Are going to have the single greatest impact on how your hifi sounds. Once you've chosen speakers you can decide which electronics you want to make them sing the best. 

+1 for Salk

For a sound which does not fatigue at all I’d suggest Sonus Faber, particularly the models from a few years ago. The current ones still have a lovely rounded sound though.  

A more esoteric brand found here in Europe is Boenicke - they make speakers with a huge soundstage and an enveloping sound with no fatiguing potential at all.

My next pair will be Salk!

@wast314 

Couple things to consider....have you listened to your new Ma9500 with speakers that you liked?  Mac sounds good with some speakers better than others.  I just recently upgraded from my Mac to a new Audio Research set up and also got new/used Wilson's.  Based on the various testing and research I did Mac sounds good with Sonus Faber.  Often they are paired together at dealers if they offer both lines.  My recommendation would be to listen to a variety of amps and speaker combo's settling in on something that you will know sounds good.  For me, I wanted Wilson speakers then found brands that sounded good with Wilson and amps that Wilson actually uses to pair and test in their own facilities.  I found a great deal on a previously owned and fully certified Wilson Alexia's and bought the Audio Research 160S and Ref6SE new while trading in all of my Mac amp's etc.

Hope this helps and let us know how you make out!