Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber

I ended up buying the Graham Audio LS 5/9 after hearing the Harbeth 30.1, A speaker I had been longing for, for many years.
I like the midrange better on the Graham’s, feels more balanced to me and the bass is more exciting I feel.

@gryphongryph The Graham is a British traditional speakers which sound forgiving for old school music too right?

While the speakers are very revealing, they also present the music in a way that most recordings sound listenable, I can listen for hours on hours without any fatigue, they are very musical, but the most outstanding thing about them, is the way one can pick a instrument and follow it trough the melody and still hear all the melody at the same time, and one does not need to concentrate when doing this, it just comes natural.
They of course have the famous bbc bass hump, but it works very well, giving the music a nice foundation, the bass is very good, but falls of at 50hz or a bit lower, depending on room they are in.
The speakers excels on Classical, small, but also large assembly works very well, violins and piano sound great, Jazz also work unbelievable well, so well, that it has made me listen to more and more jazz.
I am surprised how well it can play Blues, a favorite of mine, also if a room is not too large, it can play Rock and Pop music just fine, although if you listen more to heavier rock/punk, metal, then I would probably look elsewhere, or get a sub or two.

Quested v3110 has it all. End of game.

@gosta



+1

Agreed.

Quested are great and a cheaper active alternative to ATC and others but the midrange will be limited in SPL - that vifa mid range is woefully small.....and it doesn’t have a double spider so guaranteed to get the polywobbles at higher output...

https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/approx-3-midrange/scanspeak-discovery-d7608/9200-10-3-dome-midrange-d75mx41/

I think it was a price point decision by Quested. They used a great woofer and incredible bass extension but to keep overall cost down they went with this vifa mid range...

Good summary here from someone who selected the V3110 over ATC 25...

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/showpost.php

In essence, Quested is an incredible all round full range speaker at an excellent more affordable price point. As long as the OP is willing to give up a wee bit of mid range detail in exchange for better bang for the buck and a lot closer to full range bass (great advantage). The crossovers to the mid range are at 650Hz lower and 2.5KHz upper which means two crossovers in the mid range and it only covers 2 octaves where ATC covers 3+.