What are some of the most underrated and overrated loudspeakers you’ve auditioned?


What speaker do you believe are the most overrated and which one do you consider the most overrated?
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One of the most overrated speakers IMO is the Pioneer SP-FS52 floor standers. The tweeter supplied with this speaker was of poor quality and it failed rather quickly when driven by an Acurus A200 amp and B&K PT3 preamp at far below rated input power. I replaced the substandard OEM unit with a Peerless replacement and these speakers sound so much better. In their as manufactured state they just don't deliver the goods as well as the reviews state. 
The ADS L620 is my choice for the most underrated loudspeaker. I've seen comments regarding the combination of a 10 inch woofer to a 1 inch dome tweeter as a bad marriage because the mid range suffers. I say bull****. I've owned a pair of these loudspeakers for many years and I can say without a doubt they will best many new loudspeakers currently for sale today for excellent sound quality and clean tight bass.