Bowers and Wilkins, 801 D4

Basically, as best I can tell by perusing all of the comments is that you should forget everything everyone else has stated because either (1) the only speaker worthwhile considering is the one the person commenting is suggesting or (2) no one's opinion other than yours counts.

There is some truth to (2). If you spend enough time listening to other speakers, you may ultimately gain some clarity regarding what you like and, possibly, find a speaker that you truly like. Once you cross the threshold of around $30K/pair and above, you will find that speakers become more specific in the way they reproduce music because they emphasize certain specific characteristics in their reproduction of music. Some demonstrate amazing clarity and sharp imaging; others demonstrate a certain voluptuous quality to the sound. These attributes are due to the way a good speaker is "tuned". Their outputs are analogous to fine violins; they all are "right", but they all are also different. Which you prefer is solely up to you.

The way a speaker sounds is a product of its fundamental design, and it is immutable. Different speaker cables, for example, cannot impact a speaker's intrinsic characteristics in any significant way. That is why you must choose your speakers wisely.

Just as a rule of thumb that I’ve noticed between a few major brands;

B&W = good bass, thin mid-range, mildly bright and detailed tweeter, very wide and tall sound stage.

Focal = thinner bass, thin mid-range, bright and very detailed tweeter

Sonus Faber = bass similar to Focal, fullest mid-range, mildly bright and detailed tweeter

I consider Sonus Faber being the all around average or middle ground between the others. Older generations might be slightly different due to tuning changes.

I like soix suggestion, gasp. Seriously tho if you’re used to the Wilson house sound there’s a good chance any other brand is gonna be that little bit off. It happened to me when I tried replacing a couple speakers. I loved my VA’s for jazz and folk, but my KEF r 105/3’s were for rocking the house and after a half dozen different brands come and gone I’m back with kef (blades).

This post is four years old and was reawakened by a question that makes no sense in the context of the thread.  Don’t waste your time. 

yeah, i forgot to check the date on op.