Full range speakers, 40"-44" max height

@piramis 

Listen to the Vivid Giya G3 (45.7”H) or Kaya 90s (47”H) a little over your H-requirement.   I currently use the G3.  It’s a 4 driver 5 way system.  Lower mid, mid, and HF drivers are grouped close like in a monitor. Drivers are time/phase aligned.  I compared them to both Wilson models (Sasha and Sophia) but not the Meridian 7000.  I heard differences with the drivers in the Wilson’s and while Wilson lovers will disagree, I thought dynamics exaggerated to the ffff range while the Vivid’s more integrated with the ability to resolve dynamics from the p’s to f’s better.  Both have open, resolved, articulate, and clear sound with precise three dimensional images and excellent timbre.  Both have excellent bass.  I thought both articulation and image density a smidgen better with the Vivid’s.  The G3 is known to be as insensitive to room placement as a speaker can be.  I am not saying placement is not important but rather comparing them to other designs.  The Vivid’s design is eclectic and aesthetics not mainstream.  I think the design and sound state of the art and aesthetics beautifulI. To each our own ears and eyes. I have not directly compared the G3 to the  Vandersteen Sevens but I have read they are more similar than different.  The 7s may be another choice at 45.5” with base.  Trust your ears.  Give the Vivid’s and Vandersteen 7’s a listen.  

Paradigm Persona speakers or SALK.

@piramis Vote for Tekon and save you money for Las Vegas Trip .

One word:

Salk

Speed of Sound

I moved from Virginia to Burlington Vermont.

No proper winter clothes, 30 below zero often, and I was not going to ask the evil step father for gloves, hat, scarf, anything..

Freezing miserably, I would hear the school bus coming, and coming, and where was the damn thing? Finally, it appeared.

Someone told me later, when all the moisture is frozen out of the air, sound travels faster, so I heard the bus when it was farther away.. Sure as hell made sense to me.

Because it was the crackling of the ice on the road, it seemed to me that the high frequencies were traveling faster.

So, see sloped fronts, remember that experience, I made a poor connection of the words time-alignment.

Glad I learned about the acoustic centers of various drivers