What do you consider the most musical speakers—$15000 & under

Steve, very interesting.  I had this discussion with Richard Vandersteen a few weeks ago.  He uses his normal listening room to audition his gear/speakers.  He wants a real life room since that's what folks use to listen to their systems.  Some rooms sound better than others of course, but I want my system to sound good in my room. I don't care how it sounds in a chamber, lol.  Seems to work as he's sold tons of speakers since 78 or so.

I have heard the same thing from a few other designers over the years.  The irony is that I've heard many products that were voiced in specially designed chambers, not sound that great in a real room.  

Let me add to the debate of musicality Vs accuracy. We may not agree whether the speakers are Musical or not, but we will agree on whether the speakers are Accurate or not - assuming our testing methodology is agreed in advance. This is because musicality is quite subjective while Accuracy is objectively measured.

Hear me out, when I listen to some music, I may find the speakers musical without knowing it's technical parameters. It may very well happen that one may like the Phantom of Opera on  Klipsch or B&W but on a Vandersteen one may find it boring (I do). Mind you, Vandersteen are regarded as one of the most accurate speakers - so when I find something musical, it's  not necessarily about it's technical accuracies but the sound signature that appeals to me. It's also true that in order to provide a better musicality - "Presence" as I like to call it- it's necessary that a speaker should exhibit high technical accuracies. What I mean is that high Accuracy is a Necessary condition for sound to be musical, but it's Not a Sufficient condition for the sound to be musical. So, in essence, Musicality and Accuracy are different. 

Holt got it right.