I would add the Aerial 7t. A while back there was a shootout with the Revel Ultima Salon 2 on AVS and pretty much everybody preferred the 7ts over the Salon 2s, which was surprising since the 7ts were using some relatively inexpensive Vifa drivers, but I guess it’s all about the implementation.
Also you should not forget ID brands either, as they tend to have less fancy shaped cabinets but much better drivers and crossovers than their equivalent ID counterparts (I know this somewhat contradicts my point on the Aerial 7t....but a good value/$ should be worth something too).
Salk Soundscape 8 for example uses some pretty serious drivers and is around 9k. You also have Ascend Acoustics which sells a crazy souped-up version of their Ascend Sierra Tower for under 10k using the Seas T29D001 diamond tweeter (a $7000/pair tweeter that plays flat from 40KHz down to 600 Hz...).
Also you should not forget ID brands either, as they tend to have less fancy shaped cabinets but much better drivers and crossovers than their equivalent ID counterparts (I know this somewhat contradicts my point on the Aerial 7t....but a good value/$ should be worth something too).
Salk Soundscape 8 for example uses some pretty serious drivers and is around 9k. You also have Ascend Acoustics which sells a crazy souped-up version of their Ascend Sierra Tower for under 10k using the Seas T29D001 diamond tweeter (a $7000/pair tweeter that plays flat from 40KHz down to 600 Hz...).