Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way?

“There is. Unfortunately very hard to find. Fast as they build em, fanboys snap em up.”

So now we have a good short list of dud’s.  I”What are those speakers where everything just seems to fall into place? I am itching to replace my 20 year old Avantgarde’s but everything so far just seems to disappoint.  Many speakers have real strengths but equally have some glaring weaknesses. Nothing I have found (under $30k new) seem to do everything well. 

From the scurrilous stories we read about the business behaviour of Roy Johnson and Kenjit it would appear dealings with both were/are stringently to be avoided.

The GR Research 2 way with the ribbon tweeter. Forget the name. Was so poorly integrated you can immediately tell which driver is which and obvious you close your eyes and can just about draw in the air where the boxes are.

I ASK AGAIN: PLEASE NO MORE ARGUING OVER A SPEAKER BRAND THAT DOESN’T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE! FFS!

@greg7

With the exception of my very first post, I haven’t really been arguing over a speaker brand, but rather pointing out the bias and dishonesty displayed by a very active member of this community. You may not care to read about that, either, but they are two very different things, and the exposure may have value in helping some members to view kenjit’s comments on other topics with a circumspect eye.

I think most of the Focals could easily end up high in this ranking. I used to have the Mezzo Utopia and although paired with Naim it was quite fatiguing.