Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why?

Volti Audio Razz for me. I've heard a lot of big name speakers in the under 10K range, and I have not heard anything better for my tastes. I've paired them with reasonably priced tube and solid state amps, and they shine with everything. These don't sound like any other horn speakers. If I ever upgrade I will go with Volti's higher priced models.

Edifier R1280DB desktop speakers.... With a decent 6-8" subwoofer spliced in. Have no knowledge of the R1280DBS with the sub output. I hear they're "optimized" for the sub output. These things are WAY impressive for their cost and have effective enough tone controls to dial in effectively. Cut the use of my main and bedroom systems by 40-50%

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In order of preference:

1.  Ocean Way Eureka - nothing really compares

2.  Harbeth 30.2xd or SHL5plus xd... - as close as you'll get to Quad ESL57 (the           reference)

3.  Legacy Audio Calibre - truly outstanding in all respects

5.  All the rest......

Philharmonic BMR monitors and Philharmonic 3 (maybe the last one made). Have cycled through many speakers over the years. Completely happy with these and best speakers I have had. Only added a pair of subs. Dennis Murphy's designs are excellent and sound excellent and measure great. Cabinets were made by Jim Salk. Jim Salk's speakers are also terrific. He has retired now.

If you listen to mostly rock music, I would not particularly recommend Harbeth speakers; I had SHL 5's for 5 or 6 years at least and liked them, but when I switched them out for Fritz Carrera BE's, I realized that I'd really been cutting myself short for those 5 or 6 years; Harbeths just seem to me to voice a lot more appropriately for jazz, folk, male/female vocals and other genres I don't listen to, than for dynamic, more intense rock or reggae. I don't know how they'd be with symphonies or whatever.

Now I've got Marten Parker Duos, which are not much more than SHL 5's, and though they name their speakers after jazz greats, those suckers ROCK and throw a big, wide, deep soundstage with wonderfully precise imaging and a fat mid-range.