Best high end monitors?

Another fine monitor is the AAD 7001

Jls3, HEA acknowledges that the tweeter looks similar, but insists that that the basic operating principle is quite different, hence their patent in the area. They also have a patent on the manufacturing process. I have spoken to the designer- the tweeter is about 97 db on its own. There are actually two of them integrated into the tweeter module- one front firing and one to the rear.

It is very fast, faster than any conventional dome tweeter, yet fails to draw attention to itself. Frankly, after living with this speaker, its hard to take other monitor-sized speakers seriously, price no object. It really is one of the best ones out there.

let's add the new magnepan speaker that was introduced at the show 2009.

A great monitor but needs a lot of power.

meat on the bones ... mbl 101, ohm walsh, hhr-laser tls-I, german physics - only walsh-like omnidirectional drivers can do it (forget decware,morrison,duevel)- they put much more well distributed energy into the room - the hhr-laser (ohm f remake) is even a singledriver-pointsoure - think about that.

best affordable 2-way monitor ... genelec 8050A - progear,active,8",cast aluminium cabinet, gainclone amps - best nonesoteric technology available on the market for a progear price. pair with a good tube pre (aesthetix/einstein...) and you could be happy

its only a matter of taste and time, spent on checking gear and adjusting your roomacoustics

good luck

stp