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I had Avalon Eclipse, B&W 801 S3, Merlin TSMM, Spendor 7/1, Vendersteen 3a and 2Ce, NHT 2.5i, Canton Carat, and Definitive Tech BP10 speakers in last 24 years. All their mid/high freq. were faded and washed off with any powered sub-woofer. The powered sub doesnt blend at all with almost speakers.
The mid and high freq units on floorstanders or standmounts are same The floorstander has bigger cabinet for only (low) bass. The floorstander is worse with powered subs because the juice/power from amplifier is wasted on woofers on the floorstander and the mid/high freq. are weaker.
The standmount speaker has cleaner/stronger mid/high freq. with more juice from amps. Still they dont blends well with powerful subs. The conventional speaker doesnt blend well with any powered-subs.
A good satellite speaker system (whether floorstand or standmount) requires vivid and strong mid and high freq. Nowadays, many high output ribbon tweeters (94db) make a good match with powered subs. However, the mid range drivers (89 db max.) are still with low output and cant be match with powered subs.
Wavetouch Grand Teton speaker has strong and vivid mid and high frequencies to match even with multiple powered subs. Only Grand Teton offers mid range horns in their price range. OP asked which ones are the top brands and worth the money? Grand Teton is not a top brand, but its worth the money.
Alex/Wavetouch Audio
I had Avalon Eclipse, B&W 801 S3, Merlin TSMM, Spendor 7/1, Vendersteen 3a and 2Ce, NHT 2.5i, Canton Carat, and Definitive Tech BP10 speakers in last 24 years. All their mid/high freq. were faded and washed off with any powered sub-woofer. The powered sub doesnt blend at all with almost speakers.
The mid and high freq units on floorstanders or standmounts are same The floorstander has bigger cabinet for only (low) bass. The floorstander is worse with powered subs because the juice/power from amplifier is wasted on woofers on the floorstander and the mid/high freq. are weaker.
The standmount speaker has cleaner/stronger mid/high freq. with more juice from amps. Still they dont blends well with powerful subs. The conventional speaker doesnt blend well with any powered-subs.
A good satellite speaker system (whether floorstand or standmount) requires vivid and strong mid and high freq. Nowadays, many high output ribbon tweeters (94db) make a good match with powered subs. However, the mid range drivers (89 db max.) are still with low output and cant be match with powered subs.
Wavetouch Grand Teton speaker has strong and vivid mid and high frequencies to match even with multiple powered subs. Only Grand Teton offers mid range horns in their price range. OP asked which ones are the top brands and worth the money? Grand Teton is not a top brand, but its worth the money.
Alex/Wavetouch Audio