What’s a 10k to 15k speaker from smaller company that performs well?

RBH Sound is one of the best kept secrets in high end audio. At each price point RBH is the most honestly designed and built speaker you can find. Also check out their Status Acoustic line. I have the Status Acoustic Voice Fina bookshelf speaker. 2cm granite enclosure, beryllium alloy mid-woofer, Scan Speak tweeter: 
https://www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/voce-fina-review

Also check out the RBH reference tower speaker here: https://rbhsound.com/svt.php

@duckworp Those speakers are so cleanly designed. Beautiful minimalist design to them. How do they compare against some other speakers out there? 

Ohm Walsh 5015

Ditto Daedalus and Chapman. These are both artisanal product lines available from long-established designers. Both Lou Hinckley of Daedalus and Stuart Jones of Chapman are likable and freely available by phone. The factory-direct pricing model is reasonable.

You should have come over on Oct 20th and heard the Rosso Fiorentino Volterra Calvin.  The little brother Fiesole went home with someone and the Volterra sold a week later.  I've still got the Siena on demo.

I know how much you like older Sonus Faber and the Rosso Fiorentino gear has been compared favorably, but I much prefer the RF sound.  RF is not a 'small' company, but they haven't saturated the US market yet.