best speakers for vocals?

As a former owner of SF Extrema/Guarneri, B&W 802N, Merlin VSM, Dynaudio Confidence 5, Wilson Watt/Puppy (and many others), current owner of SF Amati & Cremona, my personal favorite for vocal is....

Dynaudio Consequence & Confidence 5.

Like electrostatis, secret lies in crossover, or lack of. Most 2 or 3 way speakers cross at vocal range and we all know what crossover can do to sound. Both speakers use midrange dome which covers vocal range without nasty crossover, the whole range is covered by one driver. Both speakers deliver real world bass unlike electrostatic. But penalty of either speaker is efficiency, <85db due to isobaric woofer design.

I think the best vocal reproduction I've heard were from a pair of Apogee Stage speakers...not much in the way of weight though as the bass was only around 40hz... or less.

Dave

If you have an small listening room, try the Rogers LS3/5 15 ohms version.
They are wonderfull with tube amplifier.
Although the speakers, for vocals you must use Tube amplifier.
Electrostatic and Planar speakers are great for vocals but you need big and good listening room.

Semi,What you say about dome mids is true tonally.Unfortunately this does not translate to really good imaging though.I have used many domes and none of them have well focussed imaging.Cones and stats are much better in this regard.The Edgar Mid horn uses a Dynaudio D54 and this changes dispersion patterns[not to mention sensitivity],which improves imaging.These have negligable"horn" colourations if the horn is sand damped.

JT

Jean-Marie Reynaud.
I've heard everything else available in N.Z.
Nothing compares.
Reynauds are warm, emotional, immediate, tonally accurate and wonderful with vocals and acoustic instruments