AV123 Mini; Salk HT3; Devore Gibbon Super 8

Jc51373; I have heard the B&W 804S speakers locally. Which do you have?
I look forward to Tawaundabomb's feedback. The Super 8's and HT-3's appear to be competitive in price point depending on which Ht-3 options you buy. I am also curious about build quality as the 8's and Ht-3's are hand made in U.S. versus Mini's which are not.

I don't have the signatures, or the newer Diamonds. Mine are about 3 years old, mint shape, but after seeing the price point on the super 8's and considering my musical tastes have developed a new speaker might be the way to go.

Joey v: I read your comparison of the Strata Mini to the ML Summit's on another forum and that prompted my question here. I have heard the ML Clarity's and thought their soundstage was impressive. I am thinking to go to the Rocky Mountain AF this year to hopefully hear all of these and others. Thanx for the feedback!

I own the HT3's very revealing, tonally balanced, well imaging speaker

One thing I can say,I just got the Mini Strata's today,and their much much more impressive than I thought they would be,and beleive me I've listened to many many high dollar speakers,and these at least perform strongly at 6k,i mean at least,their isnt even anything close at their price.And people this is fresh out of the box with a SP-3 tube intergrated amp thats fresh out of the box,when they really break,I think they will be very special indead,and the build quality is astounding at this price and far above.

I already own 2 great monitors for reference the ACI Sapphire XL's and Epos M12.2 and both punch far above their price,the Mini's are far above both.I've also owned some more good speakers here's some of the ones I've owned:

Ohm Walsh 2
Focal Cobalt 816S
Focal Electra 926
Totem Model 1 Sigs
Totem Forest
Totem Arro
Polk Lsi 15
Odyssey Epiphony
Wharfedale Evo 40
Meadowlark Keistral

And all of these were very good at their price,and they handily outperform all of these,im a big fan of the B&W 804,the only one of the B&W's I like,which could'nt outperform my Electra 926's not many under 8k could from what I heard ,and I feel the Mini's beat them in any way,the 804's wont be able to mach up,I doubt the Super 8 would be able to match them either,neither just arent gonna play full range enough,but im still going to hear them anyway along with the Dali Helicon 400's which will play a little lower and be better comp.The HT-3's I cant wait to hear,even if the Mini's dont outperform them,which is likely,the Mini has to be the best speaker value out there,well fellas stay tuned i will have more in the coming days and weeks.....