Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)?


Looking to upgrade my decades old system which includes Mirage M3si.  No they ain't perfect, but the speakers disappear and that kind of sound is very appealing.  Electrostatics (bipoles?)aren't the same (though when my mirage's die, I'll probably get maggies).
Thanks for your time.
berner99
I've been using the Italian-made Nightingale CTR.2 for almost 10 years. They are very good with tube amplifiers, but they are expensive.
Did I miss your budget?  I owned maggies, but they lacked the bass slam of dynamic speakers, and the ribbons were sonically slightly separated from the bass panels

99999 +1
I have KCIIs that sounds ever better as I upgrade my system. Combined with the EVS 1200 amp and Oppo 105 with power supply upgrade ranks among the best I have owned (~ $5K MSRP)
If your room is 'normal' size check out the LAS Voyager GaN amp
Thank everyone for replying. Probably no more than $3-5K (but could spend $10k if I thought it was worth it).

The Linkwitz Orions page says what has struck me in decades of listening to the Mirage M3s: 1. the speakers disappear and 2. you can walk around the room and they still sound great. Not that these are defining criteria per se, but this to me seems to go with the speaker doing somethings very right. I’ll never forget decades ago auditioning some apogees which were 30 seconds WRONG and the mirages which were almost as quickly RIGHT. Years of listening haven’t changed that basic impression.

douglas_schroeder--thanks for your post and reminder about open baffle. I think my long gone and much loved Dahlquist DQ 10s were open baffle. Do you know any non-dipole speakers which meet the two criteria above?


berner99, glad to help. The point about speakers sounding good as one walks around the room is more a selling point than an absolute indicator of superb sound. Only IF you are up and about while listening regularly would that be important. It is certainly not a requirement to recreate a superb experience from the listening chair. Don’t be drawn off the goal by marketing and unusual features that do not necessarily mean the best experience.

I had the Apogee Caliper for a short period of time and it was meh, not terribly impressive. It didn’t help that the speaker had a surround issue and I learned why you don’t buy vintage from third parties when it involves shipping and you haven't heard the speakers. (Not condemning all third party vintage sales, just the one I experienced). But you couldn’t get me to go for an old Quad, Apogee, ML, or any of the others. WAY too good of new designs today, imo. YMMV

I think you’e answered the million dollar question, which would you prefer, panel like magnetic planar or electrostatic, OR open baffle dynamic? You likely would gravitate toward the open baffle dynamic. Now you only have to choose between Line Source or more defined arrays (such as 2xWoofer, full range, tweet) etc. There are several configurations, but I think you would lament the loss of dynamic drivers. It seems what you are gravitating toward.