First off let me just say that their is no one "best" speaker. We all have different ears, hearing and music types that we listen too. We all also have different expectations of what we would like to hear. As well, we all are using different electronics, some with Tubes and some with Solid State. That being said we all are entitled to our opinions. I personally have not heard all the speakers listed yet I am sure they all have their own special sonic qualities. I personally am in love with Dynaudio speakers and their uncanny ability to reproduce just the music with no real masking of anything artificial. The Esotar tweeter in my humble opinion is the finest tweeter to be produced. Why else would SO many other manufacturers be buying that tweeter to place in their boxes? If you ever have the chance to audition the Evidence Master, Evidence Temptation, the new Confidence C4 or C2 with the proper electronics, you all owe it to yourselves. You will not be disappointed. I personally own the Dynaudio Craffts which is a studio monitor produced and marketed in Europe. What a fine piece of craftmanship. Oh, one more thing; for those of you who think that the speaker or the amp or the pre-amp is the most important piece of equipment in your lineup, you are HIGHLY mistaken. The absolute most important piece of equipment bar none, is your source!!! All music starts at the source and works it's way back to the speakers from their. If your source does not reproduce the sound in the most accurate and purest form, everything else down the line is most inconsequential. Great thread by the way.
Happy listening,
Steve Bachman
Phoenix, AZ
