No frills speaker manufacturers

Why not go for beautiful looks, at least to me, and build quality. Buy a pair of Tannoy Legacy or Prestige speakers. Their speakers look bespoke, will be a heirloom, and you are buying into the history of one of the oldest, if not the oldest speaker manufacturer. Pride of ownership means a lot to me. I feel the same about owning my Sugden class A.

Tyler Accoustics timekeepers if you don’t want to build.

Those $2400 Tyler Acoustics monitors touted by GR Research are employing $30 each midwoofers. Hardly qualifies as a game changer. The Ascend Acoustics Sierra LX is a far better BOM/price ratio. 
 

Ascend Sierra 

Triangle

Monitor Audio

I purchased the Crites Type B.  You can order parts only or completely assembled.  Cost assembled is about $2000.  I think inflation raised that a little.  They are made from Baltic birch.  I clearcoated them.  I have the grills but play them without. used the savings to puchase high quality amp, etc.  These are size of Klipsch Cornwall.  The are good sounding speakers.   Not harsh or beamy with good bass to mid 30s.