Thanks everyone for a VERY informative and spirited discussion on what I consider the "meat" of audio, speakers. Speakers are where the rubber meets the road, the last piece of kit before the music meets your ears so to speak. I came late to the audio game. My first set of speaks were a pair of cheapo JVC's from "Mom's Stereo". Muddy, with limited detail and no imaging to speak of, but I thought they were the chiznit because they gave me great thumping bass. My first true "speakers" were a set of Ohm Walsh2's that I still own. These were a revelation that helped me realize that there's more to music than bass and more to the chain than just the speakers. I've learned a LOT here since 2000.

With my introduction to better than average speakers I, kinda like TheKid, went retro with my speaker choices going with Ohm's, Epicure/EPI, ADS and finally Platinum Audio. I dearly want to own some Snell's but that'll have to wait. Some speakers I like, some I've hated, some I flat out love. It's more art than science to me though. It's kinda like beauty, I know it when I see it.

Worf