Standmount speakers 4k-8k

Auxinput, 
Agree with you,  when a thread solicits opinion/recommendations the list can grow long in a hurry.  There's a lot of really fine speaker  choices available yet it's impractical to compare and listen to more than a chosen few in reality. With high quality  mini monitors the worthy contenders could easily number 10 to 15.
Charles 

I had the WB Arcs which were great. Replaced the with Vivid V1.5 about 5 years ago and they are tremendous. No stand needed either.  Detailed but coherent. Easy to work into a room like the Arcs. 

Sorry. Vivids are not conventional looking. You'll get over it. 

The Evoke Eddie's are about $3200 right now and were designed after the VMPS 626R speakers with ribbon tweeter and neo ribbon mids.  The difference between the 626R and the Eddie is quality of drivers, crossover, and cabinet--all which are in the Eddie's favor.  John Casler was a dealer for VMPS and owned virtually all of their best speakers.  He has been selling them off since hearing the Evoke speaker.  I have not heard them, but was also a VMPS demonstrator for a few years and owned most of their models during that time.  I still have use of the best pairs of RM40's that Brian ever made in a very good sounding system.  Their sound is very detailed, open, transparent, dynamic with airy highs and very good bass.  John says the Eddie's are just more so than the VMPS line along with greater leading edge to the music.  John says they are more like live music than ANY of the VMPS speakers.  To me, that's saying something!!!

I have a pair of mint Dynaudio C1 signature mounted on the Dynaudio stand 4, which I am gettting ready to sell.  They are well within your price range.  They look and perform flawlessly.

Contact me if your interested......