Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it?

just didn't mesh well. While very clear and detailed it was a little to hot for me. I think a lot of people prefer this type of sound but it just wasn't for me. I used a sub with the set up and brought the highs down a bit with PEQ functions in my dac which definitely helped a lot but ultimately the speakers just didn't work for me. I don't really have anything bad to say about them, just not my type. I see that they still get glowing reviews. 

Sent back Tekton Double impacts. That tweeter array was not for me. Instead ended up with Legacy

@nitrobob , I had the double impact in one of my rigs for a few months before i offloaded it/gave it to my nephew. Of course, the Youtube reviewers/advertisers were singing christmas carols about it. It’s a nice concept in theory....trying to manage the midrange with the tweeter array (small drivers --> improved impulse response, etc), which should technically give a high level of resolution, clarity, etc in the midrange. But, it didn’t.... It could be tricky trying to optimize a crossover network for that type of design.

Although I didn't return them, I was very disappointed in my KEF LS-50s, in my living room, both with and without a subwoofer. I even put them through a thorough break-in to make sure that wasn't an issue. They just just sounded small and lost. Then I realized they were indeed a nearfield monitor, and the critical distance in my room worked out at about 3 feet, my listening distance almost 3X that. So I packed them up and replaced them with a pair of Monitor Audio Silver 300 7Gs. I really wanted a set of Maggie 1.7s, but they are totally unfeasible in my room. I absolutely love the MA 300s. They have the dynamics of a JBL and the character of a well executed British speaker. As for the KEFs, I thought about selling them, then decided to build a nearfield system in my office Consisting of them, a Bluesound Node driving one of Adcom's Nelson Pass designed MOSFET GFA-5200s. In here, they sound great. 

@panzrwagn , +1,  the ls50 could indeed be ideal for near field office/desktop audio (no worries about where separate drivers summed or not).

Revel M16. They sounded good but I think they rolled off too steeply on top for my room. In any case, I like what I now have built with compression drivers, waveguides, and 10" mid-woofers on open baffles. One thing that I've noticed is that I almost always prefer higher efficiency speakers. I might say horns too, but my current setup is horns on top and bottom, but open baffle on the midbass, with absorption on the wall behind. I theorized that the open baffle with rear absorption might be a way to get some pattern control in that range in a more compact and easy to build package.  Whatever the case, the 10" woofers are rated around 94dB, are on active crossovers, and seem to be keeping up and integrating very well with the bass and tweeter horns. 

@noromance Ahh, Gale 301s. I so lusted after those in the early 80s! So freaking gorgeous. But they were way out of my limited finances at the time.