Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound

+1 Volti Rival. What @Doyle3433 said.  It’s a magnificent speaker.  I’ve been running mine with QuickSilver MidMono’s (NOS EL34s) from the beginning. Just stunning!! 

I take delivery of a Tool Shed 300B amp today. I’ll be swapping in the WE tubes from CAD300SEI for a glorious listen session this evening. 

Active or passive ATC.

Dynamic and play loud.

Please be aware, most of these recommendations are for the speakers people own. Go forth and listen for yourself. 

@ozzy62 wrote.

Ok folks, you heard this genius. Sell your horns.

I was about to reply to poster @secretguy on his horn statement, in all earnesty, but yours is better, and not least funnier :)

@deep_333 wrote:

I have heard the Meyer bluehorn. It’s a bit of a shame that most audiophiles will never hear some of these pro audio gems...because, I suppose, it didn’t have the gloss finish for the cabinets, in spite of all the engineering that goes into it.

+1

I can only assume the Bluehorn’s sound fantastic. Going to a cinema that has their EXP range speakers will give an indication, no doubt. 

I currently have some tad ’influenced’ horns.. Pioneer’sXY series (not that cheap) in my lake cabin...with modest electronics tied to it most times. It easily puts most things I heard at axpona this year to shame...if one doesn’t mind the lack of that glossy cabinet finish, that is..

The Pioneer XY-3B speakers are seriously interesting speakers, kudos. I bet they can both bring down the house and be a refined, coherent listen as well?

When Levinson takes a pa speaker, i.e., from that ethos, puts a nice finish on it and sets the price at 200k, it stays backordered with audiophiles running after it.

That’s about the Maggi cube on the mechanisms at play here indeed. 

Thank you all! To those who asked- I have leftover Crown itech 5000 amps left over from my JBL M2s, so I may upgrade them too. The first priority is to get the speakers. In addition to Tektons and other recommendations here, has anyone heard the Joseph Crowe speakers? I heard they are great too. Separately, my room is untreated and likely cannot be treated