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

Chapman Audio. My ears have been lit up by a handful of loudspeakers over the last 50 years upon first listening. Vandersteen, Quad, Snell, Magnepan.,Apogee acoustics, and Chapman Acoustics are on the top of the list. I sent my Chapman T 77’s back to Stuart during Covid for a rebuild. He hand delivered a pair of T9 reference. The only pair in existence at the time. Shortly thereafter, I came upon a pair of Vandersteen model 7’s. How good are the Chapmans? It took me 2 1/2 years of going back-and-forth before I committed to permanently placing the Vandersteen’s. The Chapmans are still in a closet

Duntech PCL-15. Considered to be one of the best monitors ever made.

My Spatial Sapphire M5s have served me well. They have a really wide soundstage (hence the name). Before them, I had KEF R300s that were too tinny for my ears—and my wife’s. The Spatials were twice the price, but so worth the upgrade. Spatial is a small company with only word-of-mouth advertising, but if you look up the designer Clayton Shaw, you’ll see plenty of well-earned praise.

thiel cs.5 - when you close your eyes you can't tell where the sound is coming from aside from in front of you - when you open your eyes you can't match the physical location you see from where your ears are hearing the sound come from, which is all over. the stereophonic imaging is totally holographic, and yet there is no "etched" sound quality typical of some other speakers that image well, they are MELLOW. the bass response is essentially perfect down to the low 20s in my listening room. 

Nice to see Fritz speakers get mentions here.  I ended up with a pair for my main system after reading so many good things about them.

Was also able to visit him and listen to a couple models with him.  Very nice gentleman and wish him all the best.