Speaker recomendation

I would prefer to learn more about the OP requirements than all this distraction. Speakers really depend on the requirements and tastes of the OP. I think the OP has left.

My main room is 16x32, roof about 10 ft.
I have 2 preamps & amps and 4 speakers in this room.
One pair focused at this computer, the other focused on a bed where i frequently spend the night, listening to music and sleeping.
It seems to be a better plan than having one bigger amp and 2 bigger speakers.  Costs less, and is more flexible/controllable.
Almost FTM, have more preamps/amps and speakers for the kitchen and for the bathroom, never miss a beat, nothing like a hot bath with Beethoven.

Looks as though the dealers spooked the OP. Good job fellas!

Hi OP, Hope you are still around. I had a similar space, 30' by 25' open kitchen and family room with a 12' ceiling. I bought a used Salk HT3 right / left / center and 15" Sub for about $6k used and run it with a couple of Crown Class D amps with tons of power (almost 700 watts at 4 ohms) and it fills the room nicely and would be at the low end of your budget. Salk makes fantastic looking and fantastic sounding speakers. If you can find some on the used market they are hard to beat. Of course for your budget, if you go the Class D route, you can probably afford to have Jim build the speakers for you and pick out your own veneers. And no, I don't have any relationship with Jim Salk other than enjoying the way my speakers look and sound. 

Good luck with your journey. 

any mid-fi to high-end 3-way speakers with 15" woofers and a bass reflex port, will suffice. I’ve tried other variations such as smaller 2-way boutique speakers with smaller 8", 10", 12" speakers and no bass port, and no midrange- they make the highs sharper and more in your face, but at a severe loss of bass or midrange response. and you get tired of listening to them. the 3-way with bass reflex just does everything well, and ends up being a smoother, fuller sound, and bigger soundstage. even going from a 15" box 3-way w/reflex, to a 12" box 3-way w/reflex, sacrificed too much sound. the bass was noticeably attenuated i.e. lossy.  the 3-way w/15" and reflex is hard to beat overall, it's a forgotten benchmark that still holds true today.