Standmount speaker suggestion

$9500 for a plywood box (semi-finished?) and some off-the-shelf drivers?  Wow.

I'm also curious about how they got 92dB sensitivity from a bookshelf with a 5.25" woofer and a claimed 44Hz low frequency range.  

Hi @ullogu1,  I am familiar with the B/W speakers, having owned quite a few some years ago.  I recently acquired a pair of Dynaudio Contour 20i stand mounts.  I am blown away and smitten!  In fact so much, I am already moving up to the Dynaudio Confidence 20s.  But the Contour 20i's, with their new Ester 2 tweeter, are resolving and SMOOTH.  Dynaudio was never on my radar, as I just did not the look of their older speakers.  But I think the Contours (and Confidence) are beautiful.  I am running them with high end gear in a large room, and their ability to scale and play loud astonishes me.  My wife is super excited that they will be the new speakers in our family room!  The Contours are right in you price range, the Confidence a bit more.  Yes, B/W are bright, ever since they 'upgraded' their tweeters from the old and wonderful N or Nautilus line.

Joseph Audio Pulsars should definitely be on your list.  Best of luck. 

Alta Alyssa seems to be a leader in the standmount passive speaker class. If I were in the market at $5000 or so, I would start with those and force myself to justify spending more.

The JBL 4349 is a "standmount," but not in the conventional sense. It is heavier than most monitors and the stand is a riser frame that lifts the speaker up about 9 inches. The NPP is at the higher end of your listed range, but new-condition pairs are easily had toward the lower end of your price range.

I am assuming you plan on using a subwoofer.