Not your everyday bookshelf speaker?


I am looking for a bookshelf speaker. I currently have some B & W CM5's, which I like a lot, but I feel that my little Sonos 55 watt amp is underwhelming while driving them. I am looking for suggestions about speaker companies that are seldom heard of that make high value, highly efficient, excellent sounding speakers. Kind of like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack - hidden treasure speaker company. Any suggestions? Model numbers?
Thanks..
mattcone

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AVI 9

http://www.thedigitalmusicexperts.com/TDME/AVI_ADM9_USB.html

Active, built in dac, nice.

One thing I would recommend is that you find a speaker that does not try to reach too deep into the bass (ie needs a sharp cutoff after 50-60 Hz). Once you hear a satellite/sub combo or a good three way speaker with steep crossovers from bass to midrange, you will almost always feel that the midbass is 'muddy' on most two way speakers. The sound dissatisfaction in that type of sound outweighs the false satisfaction you get from a speaker that may sound a little fuller initially.