The best speaker you ever heard?

I have now had the Daber Monitor 3's for two weeks and have had a chance to do some critical listening. I have the rounded cabinets in maple that Steve provides for a small extra fee. They are gorgeous with very high end carpentry work! The first thing that will strike you is the deep, tight bass for such a relatively small speaker. I doubt anyone but the most avid bass fan will see the need for a subwoofer in a two-channel setup. The mids are very satisfying and the highs are clear and precise. Vocals are rendered in a very natural fashion. The soundstage competes with the best. My wife, who is very musically inclined, even prefers them over my Acoustic Zen Adagios. A very different speaker and a matter of taste, but still high praise from a very musical person. I love them both for different reasons. To say that I am pleased with the results would be an understatement. In summary I think this must be one of the best values in speakers out there and they are made in the USA by a small entrepreneurial company. Give them a try - you will not be disappointed!

As a side note the speaker stands for the Volla speakers fit as if made for these speakers (rounded) - got them from MSS HIFI at a decent preice. Steve is planning on making stands for them as well in the near future.

I was at a party years ago and in the middle of a large room was one chair.
The owner told me this was the sweet spot; sit down and relax.
On came the Klipsch horns.
On came Bruce Springsteen.
I was on stage with him.

Its the moment where I truly understood what high fidelity was all about.
Prior to that I listened to the radio.

I still love my Transcendence 8s powered by a DNA-500.

But if I ever go bigger, it will probably be for a Genesis 1.x system. Snappy percussion is something I admire and the Genesis 1 and 2 series really get that right and ALSO have a midrange as sweet as any panal systems I have heard and loved.

I heard some Focal Utopia Stella EM speakers a few weeks ago and I can't say that I've heard anything that I liked better. I've heard the Utopia Diablo and Grande models in the past and they are all excellent.

In a moderate size room the best speaker I have listened to is the ClassisLoudspeaker T3.4.I am comparing it with speakers I owned for years or decades.By far better than the JM Lab Nova,or Utopia,Martin logan Prodigy or Monolith,Dayton wright XG-10(when it worked it was really good).I auditioned many speakers at shows and in show rooms,including the different Wilsons,Tiels,Avalon,Burmeisters,MBLs,etc. it beats them all.The music sounds like you are there with the musician.