i own swiss electronics; darTZeel preamp and mono blocks. i consider them SOTA. minimal parts count in the signal path, no global feedback, battery powered preamp, built like a swiss tank. i've owned darTZeel since 2004, with many other amps tried in my system over the years, but never found a reason to change.
if i was the one making such a decision, i would ask myself "do i want a hifi speaker that is a bit highlighted?" "exciting", "a specifically ’big’ sound?" or do i want something that makes me forget i’m listening to reproduced music and gets out of the way. with a more coherent and flowing sound?
honestly i don’t intimately know each model discussed here, but i think another choice would be Kharma (i owned back a couple of decades). a road less traveled. my personal choice would be Evolution Acoustics; i own MM7’s and love them. both brands have models in your price range. neither is the speaker of the week/month/year. they are keepers. if you happen to like their musical viewpoint, they keep delivering the goods. the darTZeel's demand that the speaker gets out of the way.
if i was the one making such a decision, i would ask myself "do i want a hifi speaker that is a bit highlighted?" "exciting", "a specifically ’big’ sound?" or do i want something that makes me forget i’m listening to reproduced music and gets out of the way. with a more coherent and flowing sound?
honestly i don’t intimately know each model discussed here, but i think another choice would be Kharma (i owned back a couple of decades). a road less traveled. my personal choice would be Evolution Acoustics; i own MM7’s and love them. both brands have models in your price range. neither is the speaker of the week/month/year. they are keepers. if you happen to like their musical viewpoint, they keep delivering the goods. the darTZeel's demand that the speaker gets out of the way.