First I want to thank everyone on your great suggestions and recs. Every brand that was brought up were not available where I live. I'd have to drive to a Major Metropolitan City that is a little ways from my city. Well. I went listening today. And I kinda fell for the okey doke. But, not quite. I didn't buy anything. I went to two towns. Well, kinda one town. I visited two of the local shops where I live. And one shop in a neighboring city. I made a day of it. I listened to UBR62 again. Kef R3, LS50 META, Sonus Faber Sonetto II, Dynaudio Special Forty, Wharfedale EVO 4.2, Linton 85th Anniv., etc. And a few more. Buchardt S400MKII too, damn, I kinda want this one. And last one is to be named in a bit. It's how I got almost tricked by my sales guy. I'm not giving a review of what I listened to. Just mainly talking about my experience and what connected with me. The UBR62 is great and worthy of purchase. I most likely won't get it though. The Sonetto II, $2, 400 you say. It sounds "nice". The Meta was nice for reals. That shape though. I'm just not into it. Shallow? I don't care. Evo4.2, them and the '62s are neck and neck as far as quality of sound.
Linton are good. Their sound sig is kinda not for me. I'm probs wrong. But they sounded like a better Bose speaker. The R3 were better at producing the kind of sound I like. So they become my baseline speaker in my search. Then I listened to the Special Forty. That's a very good speaker. Then I thought, if I get a REL T/7, or T9x instead of an RSL sub. That and the Buchardts would be really close to a Special Forty. So, the Forty's out. I can eq to suit my taste. That Forty is over $4K. Worth it mebs, you'd have to want dynaudio though.
The gear I listened with were all SS, no tubes. Like Luxman, Naim, Music Fidelity, McIntosh, Cambridge, etc. All from my iPhone 14 Pro. Hey, it worked fine. As to the songs? there's no right or wrong songs for demo. Just what you like and know well.
So sales guy says...wait for it..."I know it's out of your price range. But give these a listen since you're here." Then he put on some Mission 770s. Eff me!, EFF ME!! Dang Man, that's a Speaker. Better than all I had listened too. Very apparent without trying hard to find a difference. I can say a lot of stuff. But if you've heard them. You know what they give you is magic. I'll say this. I think, to me, my own opinion, that it's a "Audiophile" style, type kind, of bookshelf speaker. It needs good gear. You give it that. And it'll make you cry. Not just because you spent $5k on speakers that aren't even towers. But because they're that good. It's not a "smaller version of...". Or a Bookshelf that is a part of a 5.1 set. It's in a class of it's own. I hate that sales guy.
So, my decision is The Bucs with a Rel sub. The R3 is a Serious close second though. I do think about going to a neighboring state close by with a low sales tax and buying the 770s there. It's out of my stated price range. So I'm not even thinking about it. It's only a tank of gas there and back....
So thanks to you all for everything. Happy Listening.