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I heard the new D'Agostino Progression 800w monoblocks last night
Dan and co. never mentioned the topology, but given that they're stable and double power all the way down to a 1-ohm load (6400 W), weigh over 150 lbs. each, have 84 output transistors, and functioned as space heaters in the demo room, I'm incli... 
Carver ALS Speakers
I had a friend who had a pair of these in the early 90s. At the time, they were the best I'd heard (or that he had previously).  He later went to some Apogee panels, which I didn't think sounded nearly as good in his room. 
Designer Hall of Fame
Bruno PutzeysTom DanleyEarl GeddesErno Borbely 
$1,000,000 Speakers - Hey, you never know.
Those Moon Audio people aren't even trying, my 16 year old grandson could do hundreds time better photoshop. No reflections or shadows from the speakers? Both their speaker models look like concept drawings, not like anything that ever really was ... 
Oregon Audiophiles...
Yes, "insane" would be putting it mildly. Fortunately for us we bought our house here about 12 years ago, otherwise I guess we'd still be in the midwest. This city has people scraping by on social security income, living in half million dollar sma... 
Oregon Audiophiles...
Check Meetup.com, there is a Portland Audio Club in it, we get together every month or so. Would like to get more local philes to join so I could hear more systems 
Is no preamp really better that a good preamp?
There might be more to the "impedance matching" than is obvious. A lot of amps have a DC block capacitor at their input, which attenuates low frequencies with a starting frequency that varies inversely with the driving impedance. IOW, with a high ... 
Building QRD 734's
I can't help with that particular design, but if you're willing to consider a different design, this one of mine works very well, and is almost trivial to construct -http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/everything-else/269366-making-easy-diy-depot-sound... 
Building QRD 734's
I can't help with that particular design, but if you're willing to consider a different design, this one of mine works very well, and is almost trivial to construct -http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/everything-else/269366-making-easy-diy-depot-sound... 
waveguide speakers
Or if you are into DIY, check http//www.diysoundgroup.com 
Best 2-way room friendly speakers
Danley Synergy. Point source, phase accurate, and controlled directivity all together. And very sensitive. Not very pretty though. 
DIY high end speakers?
or http://www.diysoundgroup.com (look in the forums there) 
Why no Danley fever?
mgrif,Couldn't disagree more. I've recently been running some speakers built on the Synergy design in my home system and can report they do things for home audio that nothing I've heard approaches (that includes very good ESLs, ribbons, cones from... 
Ideas on speaker like Magnepan but with high WAF
You might take a look at BG Radia, I had a pair of their long floor standing ribbons, had Magnepanish sound, and the wife liked thw looks. Needs a sub, though. 
DO "one-point-source" type spkrs ZINGALI need To
Toe-in isn't so much something you "have to do" with directional speakers, but something you can take advantage of with some. Seehttp://www.diysoundgroup.com/forum/index.php?topic=20.msg145#msg145