Prof: the t8's are slow when I compare them to my stax headphones. Very coherent but slow. I guess I'm trying to replicate the stax sound but on a larger scale. that probably puts me in the planar camp, but space is an issue, otherwise the new maggies would certainly be something I would entertain. The hales are17 years old and I would like to think speaker design has evolved to the point where there are now options that didn't exist previously. Would Martin Logan's get me there? They have a slightly larger footprint than the hales and suffer in the wife agreement dept. Is there anything else out there?
Speed kills....
Which is why I love 'stats so much. For myself, dynamics and leading edge transients are essential. Are there any alternatives in terms of dynamic "boxey" type (verity?) speakers that I should listen to? My present speakers are hales t8's (hales has been out of business a long time ago) and they are about as far away from that ideal as you can get. I want to go in a different direction for my FINAL set of speakers.