Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range

I would have chosen to look at the Consensus Speakers as frank did over the TAD. The Consensus speaker design is more in line of a speaker costing 30K instead of a bookshelf speaker requiring optional stands as the TAD, IMO.

regards,

Happy new year guys .......... :)

Frank,

Those Accuton drivers are indeed world class as well as expensive too. To get 14 of them in a pair of speakers with a Sonus Faber quality finish is great value - I imagine you got a good price. Sorry to hear that Consensus went out of business.

Weseixas...You and I are only "sparing" now, since Frank has already made his decision and purchase - and that was really the point of this thread. That said, if you look here you too will see that no knowledgeable person would ever refer to this speaker as a "bookshelf" design.

You need to read about, understand and appreciate the technology behind their proprietary concentric driver (don't think Thiel - this is something altogether different)...TAS magazine doesn't hail just any speaker as, "...the TAD maybe the greatest stand-mounted speaker I’ve ever encountered if not one of the best speakers period..." see here

I thought they sounded extraordinary as well.

I'm just saying...!

Happy New Year to you as well!

Cheers!

_Ben

Frankpiet,

What preamp and amp setup to you plan to use?