+1 on Zu Audio speakers.
I was lucky enough to get a pair of the fully uprgraded Dirty Weekends from the last and final run. (Caveat—during pandemic w/shortages I waited 9months)
These show up for sale now again, but Sean over at Zu says they’ll bring a similar product to market soon.
When your wife, who normally wishes you would “keep it down”, says, “whoa! I’ve never heard that before in this piece!” Or “these sound closer to “live” than I’ve ever heard!”, you’re onto something.
I normally push them with a peachtree Nova 150. However, given they’re high sensitivity, playing with other amps has been a lot of fun as well as instructive in the hobby.
…but with the nova and the ODWs I can run everyone out of the house and get the neighbors upset.😅
best of luck!
dgc