Years ago I auditioned the Salon 2’s at a dealer and met a fellow audiophile, Journalist Carl Bernstein, the one who investigated the story about the now quaint seeming break in, called Watergate.
Funny I consider my TAD CR1’s as keepers. Even if I found another speaker I could afford I liked better, (maybe one of the PS Audio with ribbon midrange) I don’t think I could sell the CR1’s.
Several people on WB forum have bought, then sold, then bought again their bigger bothers, the Reference 1. They thought another speaker sounded better, but realized the TAD was their keeper.
The TAD’s (at least in my system) seem like a forward sounding speaker, but to me they reproduce the leading edge and inner detail of live music better than most speakers. The off axis response is so good I often listen to music on my mezzanine level, 13 feet overhead, looking down on the speakers, where I get a very deep soundstage, and it truly sounds like being in a jazz or small rock club on the balcony overlooking the band.
Years ago I did hear the Raidho ribbon tweeter speakers that I though had more air than my TAD’s so I added an electrostatic tweeter on top. This gave me the desired air, but they system sound was now titled up, so I added a pair of Velodyne DD10+ to fill out the lowest octave, rebalancing the sound and creating a live sounding experience.