What speaker do you passionately want to demo?

Wilson Alexx V. I heard the origianl Alexx in a large room with tons of people and it was defined and dynamic, characteristics that soft bodies tend to destroy. I expect the Alexx V to be an improvement.

Rockport Lyra. I consider in the very best speakers that the sound of the cabinet becomes significant. The Lyra cabinet seems to be the ultimate combination of strength and damping. Plus I prefer closed box bass and Lyra uses an unusual bass tuning that simulates closed box roll off in the 1st octave of bass roll off. The rest of the design is advanced and logical and impressive.

i want to audition in my own modest place, a pair of direct acoustics silent speakers. i like the philosophy of their sound dispersion, which makes for a large but somewhat amorphous stereo sound field where instruments would largely stay put in their place no matter where one sits or stands. i’d love to hear a set of maggie IIIs also, the last time i got to hear those beasties was in 1982 in seattle’s definitive audio. they were playing a direct-disc recording of a bach pipe organ piece. the sound occupied the front half of the room as though i was transplanted to the recording venue. that was an acoustically perfect room with much room treatment, i want to hear them in a more typical bare room with a couch. i also wanna hear a pair of K-horns with a la scala center speaker and special klipsch center channel hafler box. i also wouldn’t mind auditioning a pair of energy 22 pros. i last heard them in another acoustically perfect showroom in northern VA. in 1985 and was mightily impressed, should have bought them but i lived in army barracks then so it was a no-go. and finally, a pair of 1965 IMF monitors, those i heard next to the aforementioned energy 22s the saleman had as a comparison to how well a small modern speaker could compare to a tried and true bona fide large studio monitor. those IMFs had a bass like granite, organ 32’ pedal tones and bass drums vibrated the air in the room as well as the walls and floors/ceiling. very addictive. there was such a sense of sheer ease with those speakers.

NOT TEKTON MOAB

Sound Labs
Tekton Moab

Maggie 3.7i and 20.7
Quad ESL 2905 (is there a newer one?)
Rockport Lyra
Thiel CS3.7
Harbeth 40.2

Among mass-market offerings I’d like to hear the Polk Legend 800 to see if they really do what they claim.