Speakers to hang on for life

[mlsstl]

Just to set the record straight, I think people should listen to Martin Logans if they are in the speaker market. They've got a big following and plenty of places sell them so you don't have to do the pilgrimage to some remote mecca to audition them.

I also like other electrostatics. I've heard the Quads and think they are great. I'd love to own a pair if I had the right room and the money. I also like planars which share a lot of characteristics with electrostatics. (I owned a pair of Magnapan 1.6QRs for several years and only sold them due to a house move.)

As noted much earlier in this thread, I think people differ in their priorities for the various characteristics one can assign to audio reproduction. That explains why every well regarded speaker on the market always has a dedicated following as well as a contingent that simply says "yeah, whatever...."

That certainly doesn't bother me. In fact, it keeps things interesting.

[JoeE SP9]

Well said mlsstl. It's all about what you yourself like. I could live with just about any planar. Any horn or JBL's or any of the Japanese JBL clones leave me saying "whatever". I could go on and on. Everyone has their preferences. It's the same thing with the music itself.