First, to answer your primary question, I'll vote for the DeVore Fidelity Silverback speakers. John DeVore does know what live music is, being a musician himself and having a parent who is a concert pianist. The house he grew up in always have live music around.
Regarding your other comments. I actually do not think most audiophiles are using live music as a reference (even if they think they are). I say that because I am also exposed to live music at a minimum of once a week; usually twice or more. My system is just a backup source to live music. I do not hear very many audiophile systems regardless of the money invested that sound even close to live music to my ears.
I hear systems that are based on things like...Aggressive, Ambiance, Analog, Articulate, Attack, Bounce, Bass-Tightness, Bloom, Bright, Clinical, Coherent, Cold, Dark, Decay, Deep, Detail, Diffraction, Dynamics, Etched, Fast, Hard, Image, Impact, Liquid, Laid-Back, Muddy, Neutral, Off-axis, Pace, Phase, Pin-Point, Sharp, Soft, Soundstaging, Smooth, Speed, Tight, Transparency, Voicing, Warm.....YADA YADA YADA
No "live" in any glossaries I know of including Stereophiles.
Regarding your other comments. I actually do not think most audiophiles are using live music as a reference (even if they think they are). I say that because I am also exposed to live music at a minimum of once a week; usually twice or more. My system is just a backup source to live music. I do not hear very many audiophile systems regardless of the money invested that sound even close to live music to my ears.
I hear systems that are based on things like...Aggressive, Ambiance, Analog, Articulate, Attack, Bounce, Bass-Tightness, Bloom, Bright, Clinical, Coherent, Cold, Dark, Decay, Deep, Detail, Diffraction, Dynamics, Etched, Fast, Hard, Image, Impact, Liquid, Laid-Back, Muddy, Neutral, Off-axis, Pace, Phase, Pin-Point, Sharp, Soft, Soundstaging, Smooth, Speed, Tight, Transparency, Voicing, Warm.....YADA YADA YADA
No "live" in any glossaries I know of including Stereophiles.