Triangle Magellan Duetto 40th Anniversary

Hello @j-wall , I recently changed (upgraded!) from very large floor standers (Revel Salon 2) to stand mounts and could not be happier.  In my family room which is not small, the Revel's dominated and took up a large amount of space.  I bought a pair of Dynaudio Contour 20i's, intending them for another house.  But, we hooked them up and were blown away.  Note I do have nice electronics, with Audionet Max amps.  The detail and resolution on the Dynaudio's was way ahead of the older Revel's.  But their ability to scale up for the large room, and reach down to decent tight bass was astonishing.  Since my wife was smitten with the small appearance, (even with the stands they appear much smaller and visually fit in the room better), I immediately climbed up the Dynaudio line, finding the top end Confidence 20 in the light oak.  I really had to try these to believe.  The standmount's image and coherences is par non.  Better resolution and soundstage, and still room filling music.  I do run subs, and did even with the Salons.  But with the subs turned off, most people would still be happy.

Hello,  perhaps one of my points came across wrong.

"I have nice electronics and Audionet Max amps".

My point here is that stand mount speakers are often paired with lesser electronics or amps.  In stores, the big speakers are usually displayed with the nicer stuff, and smaller speakers with smaller integrateds and or lesser priced front ends.  This is why some buy nice standmounts, under power them and then say they are so so.  Better standmount speakers REALLY SHINE when given good stuff.  Cheaper standmounts not so much.