Bookshelf speaker rec

Fyne Audio speakers are great, especially if you love mid-range. You'll probably want a sub to go with these bookshelf speakers, though.

No highs, no lows - must be Fyne Audio? I thought it was supposed to be a different brand ☺️

But on a serious note - I’m very curious about the brand, but there’s no store near by that carries them. So it remains a curiosity for now..

I would look at B&W, Revel, and Klisph, but also with this much volume in the room, I would get a good sub, Martin Logan, SVS make good subs but can be a little pricey considering your budget if $5000

Yea you can get brand new Forte 4’s for less than $5k. Emotiva has some great options as well. I’d likely have the Forte’s if I had the money to comfortably afford them. I listen to mostly rock of all kinds of genres, and Klipsch has never disappointed me. I had some Towers a few years ago, powered towers, they were wicked especially after I added a sub. I’d still have that system and added to it had I not moved into a condo building down in Miami. Bookshelves serve me well here with a sub. I can’t really crank it up very often unfortunately. I went with Emotiva and love them!

Nice size room. It BEGS for Maggies.

Maggies, schmaggies! (LOL, but only partially not serious)

Look at the Maggie killer: Eminent Technology LFT-8C. Beats every Maggie up to and through the 3.7i - better, more articulate and deeper actual base. Coherence cross the bass to midrange transition. Far purer and lower distortion mids, and same for highs (until you get to the 3.7i with actual real ribbon tweeter). Also more dynamic, being push-pull instead of single-ended.

OP’s room is similar in size to mine, which is 25.5 x 15.5.  

I agree with everyone else, stand-mounted would get sonically LOST in that room 

In that $5K +/- range, you won’t do better than BMR Towers, ET LFT-8’s, or Ascend’s top offering WITH the Raal tweeter.

Really boils down to to “are you a planar guy, or not”? I’ve been a planar guy ever since moved on from Vandersteen’s to (at first) Maggies, and then (rapidly) to Apogee Duetta Signatures.

Disclosure: I have a listening salon where folks can listen to things like the ET’s as well as the full Schiit range. So, yeah, stake in the game (potentially).