Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why?

I have a pair of Solus speakers by Phil Clements that sound great, and seem pretty obscure. I also have and love my Ascend Acoustic Sierra’s…..

Qualio Ultra loudspeakers for under $13k delivered in woode crates BTW

premium throughout out the  Xover is all Mundorf with premium drivers ,wiring connectors ,bass to mid 20s and open baffle on top  much better built then my ex Sopra 2  only 2 years old , 3 sets of WBT connectors on top comes with banana resistors to tune the Mundorf AMT tweeter and I have a class D audio Ganfet amp dedicated to bass ,and Pathos inpole Class A Hybrid Mk2 for tweeter,Midrange 

very versatile and will easilly compete or beat any $30k Loudspeaker ,a true Best Buy in its price class and above.

My vote goes to Salk Sound. No longer in business. I have the SC Songtowers and love them. I might pick up a pair of Philharmonic Audio BMR Towers at some point. Philharmonic is owned by Dennis Murphy who helped design the the Songtowers and designed/built the crossovers for many of the Salk Sound line.

Philharmonic.  All of their speakers are excellent and well priced for what you get.  Their customer service is also outstanding in my experience.  

Ditto. They will promptly answer nearly any question you have about their products.

Their cabinet finishes are absolutely first rate and their speakers perform well beyond that of what you get from the big names at the same price point. Of course, it helps that the drivers they put in them account for as much as half the BOM of the speaker pair. No one else outside of DIY is doing that. 

To shtinkydog:

Not often we see a thumbs up for Dayton speakers.  If it was me I would open them up and replace the probably cheap crossover parts with good ones.  Wire and binding posts also.  Maybe extra dampening material.