What speakers for 10k?

Yeah maybe you're right about the wait, I'm in no big hurry anyway. how do the breeze or the stiff breeze do with music like tool nine inch nails avenged sevenfold? I would think the stiff breeze would handle that type of music better than the breeze would?

With your huge 15inch sub , I would think both can handle that type of music. You do want to be careful not to tear the ribbon though.

Really you think the breeze will handle that type of music ok? because I can get the breeze right now, not in the color I would like but it could give me a good idea of the sound they produce, and then I could get what im really eyeballing, the nimbus. But yeah you're right custom speakers and stands are worth the wait.

The Stiff Breeze will most certainly be better for the type of music you listen to. I got to hear them at Axpona a couple of years ago and liked them quite a bit. If your room is not real big, they will play quite loud without being stressed and are about 4 db more sensitive than Breeze. The bass extension posted on their site is spot on and quite surprising for the size of the speaker. Another thing about the Stiff Breeze is that that it is essentially the top half of Nimbus. The Nimbus adds an Acoustic Elegance 15 inch woofer to the Stiff Breeze. AE woofers are absolutely top notch. If you like Stiff Breeze, there would be no reason to believe you wouldn't like Nimbus provided your room could accommodate them sonically.

I agree with both Toddnkaya and Roscoeiii in regards to the necessity to be patient. Builds can take a long time and have unexpected delays. The end result is worth it provided you can exercise patience. Let us know what you decide.

I am very happy with my Aerial 7Ts. They fit your budget nicely!