Speakers: Anything really new under the sun?

taxonomy,

I still don't know what you're referring to. Floorstanders have been slim for many years now. I can't think of one that's wide.

"Nobody wants your used floor standers. They come cheap."

Taxonomy,

A lot of what you said makes sense and I agree, but that statement doesn't make sense because the category of floorstanding speakers is bigger and more popular than stand mounted speakers, and many of those speakers are among the most costly and desirable. 

I would say that it's down to refinements of existing technologies and passive components for crossovers. I believe that with all of the time that's passed, the ultimate success of any speaker is down to the talent of the person or persons who voice the speaker, even though of course the final sound is partially dictated by the room that it's used in.

And then what pedroeb? Connect the wire to speaker baskets and then put the other end where? 

fsonicsmith,

You're right about the Devores, which are great speakers, but they are definitely unusual in the world of tower speakers.

I think that it’s pretty much true of all of the heroically inert cabinet designs that they are successful in making the speakers "disappear" as sources, but I agree with fsonicsmith in thinking that it is not an overall solution to sound that is superior to other cabinet design philosophies. I personally just bought a pair of Spendor SP100’s for the second time after a hiatus with other speakers, and their cabinets are far from dead, but they are very successful in communicating the music.

I'm sure they'll come out with a suitably unaffordable subwoofer.