what speakers do the best "disappearing act"??

I am still amazed by the kind of soundstage that the old Spica TC50 have. I own a pair of Alon IIs, Hales Sig II and Thiel CS3.5 but every now and then I just have to fire up the old Spicas. Paired with the Quicksilver KT88s or Counterpoint electronics, these things are amazing. Too bad John Baugh left audio.

I recently acquired a pair of Paragon Regents from another Audiogon member......I don't think enough people have ever heard these speakers! So little ever mentioned about them but so much speaker for the money. Paragon gives you the Cardas room measurements and if you at least try it out you will be amazed at what these Regents Will Do!...Of all the speakers to pass through my system the Regents are the only one's that made my wife sit there through an entire disc.

Newform 645's !!!!!

I owned Rogers LS3/5a's for years with Rogers sub. These speakers are legendary for imaging. When I purchased the 645's I hoped they would be close to the Rogers in imaging.

Wrong. The 645's are in a league to themselves. Never have I heard a speaker that continues to image well regardless of where you are in the room. Directly in front of the speaker, the 645's still put the sound between the speakers. In other words, the sweet spot is huge and the soundstage is wall-to-wall and very deep.

I have been amazed at these speakers. Best audio purchase I have ever made.

There is some "snob factor" against these speakers in high-end discussions which, IMHO, is primarily driven by the conventional "retail/manufacturer chain" directed at any "dealer/direct audio business on the web".

Let's face it. Dealer/direct is a very real threat to the huge mark-ups that many audio products have.

Well, the world is changing and it all benefits us, the consumer in the end!

BTW, I have no connection to Newform Research or any other audio company. But I am thrilled to tout any product that is as superior as the 645's are and that has customer service to match.

I personaly have owned Alon, very good very warm and image christal clear. Quads even better but my end all search was with the Wilson watt puppys. If you can afford them and at least 600 watts of power to truly experiance the disappearing act, I would also recomend nordost at least red dawn and pass labs or krell power and the 850 wadia is just fine in its role. Also the new Krells lat speakers are great, best tweeters I've heard.

If pin point imaging is the question, then the NHT 3.3 should do fine. It's drivers are matched to within 0.3 db. Placement is the key as is room acoustice treatment. For placement I would contact NHT. It's also recommended to have a SOLID wall behind the NHTs. For room acoustic treatment, i have seen good info and DIY products on decware.com. Ciao