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Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?

I realise that the music industry seems to care less and less about timbre, see
https://youtu.be/oVME_l4IwII

But for me, without timbre music reproduction can be compared to food which lacks flavour or a modern movie with washed out colours. Occasionally interesting, but rarely engaging.

So my question is, what are your loudspeaker candidates if you are looking for a 'Technicolor' sound?

I know many use tube amps solely for this aim, but perhaps they are a subject deserving an entirely separate discussion.
cd318
cd318 OP
2,636 posts
 
@prof , I guess times are hard and margins are tight. Still there must be someone out there with the budget capable of organising this. 

A live piano recital behind a curtain would be a pretty stern test for any speaker. Or perhaps the pianist could just mime upon the switch to recorded sound, (presumably on tape).

As long the hands were hidden from view, it wouldn't matter too much if the pianist was in vision or not.
dracule1
1,085 posts
 
@cd318

“@dracule1 seems to be a very elusive master of disguise popping up only very rarely in audio circles.”

Hmm...I have 5x more posts than you.  
ashoka
99 posts
 
 How good speaker be high end score 100% when they leave out 25% for timbre marks?
cd318 OP
2,636 posts
 
@dracule1 , sorry for any misunderstanding but I was referring to the ever elusive Rich Timbre.

See, he's even more difficult to pin down than we thought. 
cd318 OP
2,636 posts
 
@ashoka, you're right. If they took timbre and harmonics into consideration I'm sure that quite a few 'high end' speakers would be seen as hopelessly flawed.
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