Killer Floor Standing Speakers under $4000 for Rock?

ProAc studio 148

Just go ahead and bust the bank and get some Zu Definitions !V. Be done with it. 101db efficient with 400 watt sub, used $7500-$9000. You will be done with it. To say they rock is an understatement and you don't need a big amp. I run Mcintosh MC 60s tube amps, can't turn it up past eleven. 

+1 on the ProAcs.

VMPS ?

I agree with Bigshutterbug. 

The Legacy Focus' are outstanding speakers and can be bought on the used market for under 3k.  Highly efficient too.  Be sure to get the older 20/20's and not the "SE's."  The older ones sound better. 

If your room is too small to handle the Focus' then look for a nice pair of Legacy Signature III's. This is what I use.  I have a 75 watt per channel tube amp and it just coasts at lease breaking levels. And by the way, they will keep up with any and all improvements made to other areas of the system. 

Neither of these speakers can be bought new as Legacy discontinued the models. And as a final caution ... these speakers LOVE tube electronics. People sell them because they tried to drive them with solid state electronics, and they just don't sound right with SS. With tubes, they come alive.

Frank