Which speaker is the master of IMAGING ????


My jaw has only dropped with one system. I was at the Home Entertainment Show in NYC last summer when I was floored. It was the Legend Audio 'The Legend' speakers powered by Legend Audio Nirvana 100 watt Tubed Monoblocks.

OH MY GOD! Till this day, I get chills just thinking about the experience. It was like there was an entire stage filled with people and instruments right in front of me. The best part was when I took my eyes off of this stage to look at the speakers,,,,,,,,,,,,YOU WOULD SWEAR THAT THEY WEREN'T EVEN ON. I have heard other speakers that have exceptional qualities in other areas but I haven't imaging like that since that day.

Any other great imaging speakers out there?
meech33
The best I've heard are also the ones I now own and have reviewed right here on A'gon: Intuitive Design Summit PSL 624 loudspeakers. (PSL = Pitcher Sound Labs). Astonishing imaging, in a wonderful way, and that's with a behemoth "entertainment" center positioned right between the two speakers. It's as if the entertainment center didn't even exist. They have it all, and in spades: Height, Width, Depth, AND a wiiiiiiide sweet spot. Phenomenal off axis dispersion with no discernible loss in precision of the imaging. I'm awestruck, but as you can see, not dumbstruck. :)))

Sooner or later, people will start to figure out how great these are, assuming they get a chance to listen to them.

Nope, I don't sell them. It's just wonderful to finally be satisfied with my speakers, and not have had to mortgage the house (again) to get to that point.
Acapella Violins - the only speakers I've heard where I believed I could touch the musicians. That said, the guy had also spent a fortune on some very special (possibly weird) room treatments - lumps of ebony on bird perchs - we did mess with them, and they did make a difference!

Just my 2p :0)
Unity audio. They have been gone for some time now but I'm told they're coming back as the owner is through with his government work and will get back to making great speakers again. I had the pleasure of listening to an entry level pair driven by LA Audio tube amps, at Acoustic Image, and was floored by what I heard. Exceptional imaging; 3-D pinpoint images of muscians spread out across the room in front of me with deep layering. I swear I could have gotten up and walked around the musicians. The song was Shirley Horn's 'Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' ' and to this day, I've never heard a soundstage recreated in that manner. I'm still kicking myself in the butt for not geting those speakers as I would never have parted with them.
Martin Logan Monolith iii, the big boys. Blow away almost anything out there. Imaging to Die for!!!
I currently use both Parsifal Encores and Merlin VSM SEs in 2 different systems. Both are excellent at imaging. Neither can match the little ProAc Super Tablettes I heard 20 years ago, which offered the most tangible presentation of depth I can recall. Of course, the Pro Acs were almost unlistenable in their forward balance and very tough to mate with a sub. However, on imaging alone, they were the best I've heard.

I would also note that, under the right circumstances, any number of planar loudspeakers (I've heard great soundstaging/imaging from Soundlab, Maggies, Acoustat, and Apogee) can startle in this regard. The room and listening position were always critical, though.