Taylo Reference III's - how are these?

Aggie, I don't think the Ref III need a sub, they do the bottom end very well. I do find the Ref III like a bit of power though. I agree with you that there great for Jazz and rock.

I have the Ref III and really enjoy them, I get a nice large stage with good depth, they are for the most part invisable in my room, something I look for in a speaker. Bass is tight and punchy and no way bloated, mids are lush and natural sounding never in your face with sweet highs. I think being a front ported design it makes for a room friendly speaker. I have mine approx. five feet out from the wall and four feet from the sides and seven feet apart as that's about as far as I can get them apart, I think if I could space them another foot or two apart they would even sound better.
The Tylers offer great value with top notch parts and Ty is one of the good one's to deal with, he will customize them if you want, like I know he offers a few different tweeters to choose from and you have your choice of out board cross overs or not and he must have 25 different woods to pick from. One thing that I did was replace the brass spikes as the ones Ty offers are ok but I wanted something that better. In regards to your other speakers mentioned I can't comment as I never heard them before. Do a search and you'll see most if not all like his speakers. Good Luck in you audio journey!

Pard, I listen to 60-70s rock, Blues and jazz, the Ref III do great at all that I throw at them. If you go to my system you can see what components and wire I have paired with the Tylers. Should be great visiting Ty and listening to all his speakers.