Best high end monitors?

Cruz, why would the Tyler's work but the Merlin's may not?
Have you heard both in your system? I am looking at Tyler Decade D3's but I have not seen any review or posts about them until now. All I know is that the new Tyler is supposed to be much more transparent than the older design. Not as warm sounding. Thanks.

Samzx12, I am in the same boat as Madfloyd. We both have JLA F113's and are looking for that transparent monitor with bite or meat on the bones. Midrange must be full and balanced and the top end airy with nice extended sparkle. Too warm or polite at least for me is not going to work. From what I have read now it seems the older Tylers were already on the warmer side of nuetral. I am not sure what has changed now except that the new line may have even more warmth to them. However, I just read the review on the Tyler D2 and it reads the opposite of being warmer. It actually reads more like what I would want. The D3 being a monitor should only give in to the low end but could image better and have a slight edge on extension. Not always though. I will be watching for more reviews on this new Tyler line. Just to clarify, transparency and brightness are two completely different musical adjectives to me. I am not sure if you thought I was implying transparency was the same as brightness because I wasn't at all. Now if Ty added more refinement to where the sound grows bigger in all directions then of course the speaker is going to disappear that much more. The only way I know to do this is to start going flatter not fatter.

Cruz, In this regard then I would hope the Decade line moves toward wanting some tubes somewhere in the system. Meaning a flatter tonal balance. No coloration if that is possible. Driver integration without holes if you will. You can mix and match SS and tubes. Flexibility becomes more apparent. Lean too much toward warmth or detail and the flexibility shrinks. I am sure there are people using the new Merlin line with good solid state with very good results. I heard the Merlin line a very long time ago so I can't imagine how they sound today. It was shocking how a small speaker filled the room they were in. The mids were extremely fluid and integration between tweeter and mid was seemless. Not a lot of bass but that I am sure has changed.