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


I have a Gato Fm6. My reference for last 10 years. Sounds amazing. Designer used to work for Gamut. Amazing clarity. Great open midrange and vapor like treble that’s detailed , transparent and vapor like!  What are others? 

calvinj

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.  

I have a couple pairs of the Pioneer stand mounts that were designed by Andrew Jones. You can get them for almost nothing and you wouldn't believe how good they are.

The Qualio IQ are "Outstanding"! High quality parts, drivers and built by a company who make some of the best full range drivers you can buy.

Not to mention that the IQ are seamless from top to bottom and creates an immersive and dimensional soundstage with holographic imaging plus you can tailor the AMT to your liking; my speakers truly disappears within my listening space...

Wig🎵🎶