Which speaker is the master of IMAGING ????

Best imaging I have heard is the Thiel 7.2. I own them, so may be biased, but I keep looking to upgrade, and have not found anything that casts images like 7.2s.

So what makes a speaker image well?

I first have to say that for those who want to take this with a grain of salt, so be it - I'm a part of Fried Products...

However, luckily, before he died, Bud Fried gave me his longtime personal loudspeakers - C/4 satellites with O subwoofers, and they are without a doubt the best imaging speakers I have EVER been around. Of course, they are a one off pair, and all of the drivers were custom built to his own specification. And, the crossovers were tweaked and tweaked and tweaked until it sounded right to him.

I used to think it was the time alignment/minimum baffle of the truncated pyramids that are the C sats, but experience has proven to me that the REAL secret is the series crossover. A close friend and I talk a lot, and through experimentation the series crossover just provides such superior imaging that it's flat out uncanny. At one juncture, while I was listening, I jumped up because I heard the phone ringing several yards behind me - it was the music! And, my listening position is right up against the back wall. Talk about one of those jaw dropping moments - I was flat out dumbfounded!

The Dynaudio Evidence playing Vangelis' Opera Sauvage had notes floating in the room like soap bubbles. Not my all time favorite speakers, but the imaging was killer with the right source. As it should be for their megabuck flagship.

Best imaging I've heard is Acoustat Monitor 3's (these happened to have interfaces, not servo-amps). Better than 2+2's or Spectra 66's. I think the angled panels had something to do with it.

My $400 eBay specials compare favorably with the Gallo Reference 3s and Martin Logan Aeons I auditioned last week. And, that's with an H/K receiver and CD player. Lacking the dynamics of the Gallos and the resolution of the Martin Logans, but when I get the Spicas set up just right (not easy, and I've been tweaking for two weeks), they throw an image like nobody's business. Incredible to get this performance from a <$1,000 system.