Harbeth speakers are musical, with a very good sound field, and look good in a traditional setting. I am very, very happy with my Compact 7s. And I have listened to a lot, starting with McIntosh speakers about 50 years ago. You cannot go wrong with products from this manufacturer.
most advanced speaker in a rectangular wooden box?
As you move up the scale of ingenuity and price, speakers take on different, sometimes fantastic, shapes and are made out of different, sometimes exotic, materials. So what would you nominate as the most advanced design that still houses its drivers in an essentially rectangular box made of some kind of wood product?