Anyone like Mordaunt-short or Canton

Thanks, do you like anything from Dali...there is a dealer near me.

I don't have a lot of experience with Dali's but I did just listen to the Dali Helicon 300 Mk2's and I was a bit underwhelmed. I thought there was a distinct lack of detail and definition in the mids. Personally, for a lot less money the Dynaudio Focus 140's are a better speaker to my ear.

i own, or have owned the MS Avant 906, MS 20 and others--very good, listenable speakers with particularly good high end resolution. well balanced, big soundstage, not especially bass-heavy. MS gets virtually no attention in the US and consequently its products are extremely undervalued (i think i paid $150 for a $1000 SRP demo pair of the 906s). check out ebay or accessories4less for deals.

just wanted to add one more speaker to the list...the Elac FS 189...its not too tough to drive and the speakers have a rep for being dynamic...anyone hear?

im very familiar whit canton. The gle490.2 are really dynamic for the price, but for maybe 300$ more you can get the chrono509.2. The tweeter in chrono series is the same that the vento serie(7k$ pair). For a good matching whit canton you must use soft amplifier like mcintosh, arcam, rega, nad....if you have any question about canton you can mail me