In case you missed it, an affordable (€3000) 95dB sensitivity, purposefully retro 2 way.
http://www.heco-audio.de/en/loudspeakers/by-application/floorstanding-speakers/heco-direkt
It sounded big, meaty, relaxed and easy.
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/heco/1.html...