Best speaker between 15K-35K

Holz great recommendation but you forgot the Andra
eggleston either the original or the II.

Room size will play a major role. I have not listened to all the speakers on Holz list but I can second the WP 7's with the appropriate sub. I have not heard them with the Whow sub but I have with the Watchdog sub. It would be a match in audio heaven with your ARC pre.

Wpuppy, do you really think a sub is necessary to augment a pair of $20k Watt/Puppy 7's? The need to augment the bass performance of a pair of speakers that cost the same as a Toyota Camry seems insane.

If possible, audition a pair of Soundlabs A1. They are an amazing speaker regardless of whether one uses tubes or SS gear.

Tvad, a sub is not necessary with the W/P 7's. The bass is lightening fast, smooth, deep, and as tonally accurate as any speaker I have ever listened to. The addition of a properly set up sub, the watchdog in my case, appears to augment the entire range of sound, not only the bass. It is a subtle difference but one that can be heard and felt. It is not necessarily more bottom end, but the sub captures the ambient bass line in singers voices, strings, instruments, etc. for a fuller smoother all around presentation. It is not that the W/P 7 in particular is missing anything, any speaker system will benefit from this. I auditioned this set up in the same room with the mega dollar X-1's and I preferred the WP 7, watchdog combo. The X1's needed a larger room to sound their best.