Revel M16. They sounded good but I think they rolled off too steeply on top for my room. In any case, I like what I now have built with compression drivers, waveguides, and 10" mid-woofers on open baffles. One thing that I've noticed is that I almost always prefer higher efficiency speakers. I might say horns too, but my current setup is horns on top and bottom, but open baffle on the midbass, with absorption on the wall behind. I theorized that the open baffle with rear absorption might be a way to get some pattern control in that range in a more compact and easy to build package. Whatever the case, the 10" woofers are rated around 94dB, are on active crossovers, and seem to be keeping up and integrating very well with the bass and tweeter horns.
Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it?
Just as the title says, what was the last speaker you got hyped by, purchased and returned subsequently? If you returned it, what did you not like about it in your room? What equipment did you try matching it with?
Hearing about such experiences of unmet expectations could be an interesting topic.