Decooney, had the fritz, also had discussion with Hilde once aboult it, an excellent speaker, something in the high end bothered me just enough for me to rotate it out. Nothing glaring at all, just a subtle softness or lack of 'pop' that I noticed the more I listened to it.
Grislybutter, I originally saw two somewhat similar designs, both the EX 2 and S2 have ribbon tweeters and similar sized woofers in small-ish cabinets. Thus my ask. Upon further reflection, I should probably be asking more like the Quad S2 vs perhaps a Revel m16, as I think I need to cap my budget under $1000, and I have access to both speakers in the high hundreds. That would be a better comparison due to budget constraints.