Best speakers for looks & sound < 1000

Fresh Prince I am not familiar with the images, but have a pair of PSB Stratus Bronze speakers I really enjoy. They look great and sound even better. They are great for a wide variety of music especially and can be had new for $800.

Fresh prince, I have a pair of the new B&W CDM1NT speakers. They sound great! With the tweeter on top and grilles removed to expose the yellow Kevlar cone, in cherrywood finish,they look great! List price is $1200,but my local dealer geave them to me for $975.00!

Would you consider replacing the Morel drivers? I think Morel is excellent. Many of their speakers are Dynaudio(designed by or exactly the same as - both via agreement), which offer that level of performance, at great savings. Eggleston(among others) uses Morel. You could do this for a FRACTION of the cost of new speakers. If you go this route, be sure to check the internals(wire and crossover), to make sure this doesn't happen again.

By the way, I checked out the image site. Your speakers are REALLY nice. There is NO way you should replace them, as opposed to repairing them. Then I found the 220 mm Morel woofers at Madisound. $88 each. The less than $200 you'd have to spend could never be matched in performance.