Your ''best kept secret'' speaker choice ?

Limited exposure and imo highly gifted - Duevels.

...but of course we're the VMPS dealer here in NY ;). You're always welcome to schedule an appointment and decide for yourself.

Regards,

Rupesh

ACI Sapphire. I'm surprised no one has mentioned ACI yet.

For 25 years they chosen not to advertise but to make their reputation on word of mouth. For my money the ACI Sapphire is a fantastic value. Scan-speak tweeter, Vifa woofer and extremely solid enlosure. It compares favorably to the Totem Mani-2, and although the Mani outperforms it, it's also over $2000 more.

I also own the Quad 11L, which as someone said, is not well known in the US. It's a decent speaker and good value. It seems well engineered and performs beyond what you'd expect a speaker of its size.

With the Quad 11Ls I was pleasantly surprised. With the ACIs I was blown away.

dahlquist dq10. i bought one - for little money - for my second system. with a good amplifier like my 20 watt class a monotriode vaic valve 52 b it is nothing less ... then a dream. the human voices eg are simply unbeliaveble, word class... a speaker with 30 years!!! they are some minor flaws (imaging ore bass) but in specific areas is a speaker hard to beat at quite any price class. (my other speakers are eidolon's and I have had dozen of speakers in the last 20 years, maggies, logan's, quad's, ensemble's etc etc)

One only hears of the Apogee Scintilla in derogatory amp eater terms occasionally. Almost no one has heard them. That is a pity. IMHO the Scinilla is the greatest speaker ever devised. It is the only speaker I know that is fully articulate, seamless, flat lined, and powerful, at all audible frequencies, from below hearing (20 hz) to beyond hearing (20khz).