Best speakers for my system

Speakers are so personal!! First do you have ANY needs: ie they have to be small, they have to have WAF (wife acceptance factor) Do you want cool, cutting edge design, or very conservative, can they stick out into a huge room five feet, do they have to sit on shelves?
Do you want to 'Rock out" with 110dB subwoofer power washing out your guts, do you prefer string quartets and acoustic music only, do you want all of that?
Do you like it loud, soft? Can you play loud? or live in an apartment/condo?
Maybe you want speakers that can impress girls? or impress your buddies? to be able to say these sixteen gurus told me to buy these?
We need more info: What are you LOOKING for in a speaker.

Excellent ques. Elizabeth! Why do soooo many people on here ask or assistance and recommendations without giving us any details? I see this every day.

i have a question? how did you find gear like you have without being exposed to some good speakers? i am not being sarcastic ok? i am sure they didn,t just pop up at the local garage sale and if you want to drop up to 12k i am sure there are some dealers that would love to let you listen in their stores. you MUST have some ideas. what criteria are you using in this decision process?