Appreciate everyone who has weighed in with helpful feedback. Here's the list I'm working from, in vague (and temporary) order of favorability given my spec:
Legacy Audio Calibre
Fritz Carerra Be
Tekton Impact <= outsized price/performance ratio
Salk SS 7M
Joseph Audio Pulsar ˆ
KEF Reference 1 ˆ
Focal Sopra No.1 ˆ
Verdant Bambusa MG1
ATC SCM19 v2
Dynaudio Special 40
Dynaudio Confidence C1 Signature ˆ
Devore Fidelity Gibbon 3XL
Focal Electra 1008 Be
Nola Boxer S3
^ : budget dictates pre-own