The usual suspects: S1, Cirrus, Tempesta, MMM1

I found the Tempestas really need at least 100 hours (Accuton says 300 hours) to open up in depth, width, dynamics, and coherence. Up to that point the images stay closer to the speakers themselves.

I own a pair of Cirrus Blacks. In my basement room the sound was good
but lean and too forward or bright. The room is very long, (40 feet) and only
about 14 feet wide. Low suspended ceiling also, not very good for the
sound.

I spent a lot of time with speaker placement and added a subwoofer. I
also use bass traps in the corners behind the speakers, added absorption
panels behind speakers, some absorption panels in the suspended ceiling
and room lenses at first side wall reflection area.

After all that, the Cirrus Blacks imaging is very good and soundstaging is
also impressive. Treble is very natural and clean. With the sub the bass is
very good as well. Lots of detail and I think these speakers are accurate
and won't add much coloration to the music. Pretty good dynamics and
clarity is a bit better than my previous speakers. I can say I am happy with
the sound, but it took some work to get them to that point. I would think a
more normal sized room would yield great results without as much effort.

I think comparing speakers of this caliber would end up being personal
preference and how well you can get the speakers to sound in your room.

I wrote this with my iPhone, I wrote it in proper paragraphs but don't know
why it turned out like this!

Edit: Oh well it looks okay with my computer.

Travbrow, what options did you order with the Cirrus?

I bought mine used here at audiogon. They are bare ply and maple front and top. Dueland resistors, Vcap capacitors, amorphous core RAAL, and I think the wire upgrade. Plus I bought matching stands from Vapor Audio.

Travbrow,

Perhaps other components could help with the lean and bright sound you describe. What is upstream from the Vapors?