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Attractive Bookshelf - Under $3k
@msafrick  I honestly don't know if MDF is worse than wood FOR a speaker. A lot of great speakers are made with MDF, because it can be used and built in ways wood couldn't be.  And to be fair, if you love the look of the Dali and the sound, and ... 
Attractive Bookshelf - Under $3k
the Sonners look great too (never heard of them, but. Good reviews) I am not sure the SF is the best bang for the buck  I would stay away from the Dali, not the same quality as the rest of your list  
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the Xavians do look stunning:  
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I never liked the B&W sound and so I never got excited about their speaker design But they are decent for sure.  
Boutique or Big Brand?
on the other hand, boutique shops don’t have an HR department, a marketing director and web developers. It just has engineers and a lot of what innovation comes from: lack of resources  
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@roxy54 this is the weirdest story: last year I was comparing 8+ speakers to upgrade. I have a few "better" speakers in my garage, that I could save from 4+ moves across Continents and States and Coasts. I bought my Celestion 5s in 1996 on Boyl... 
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@cd318  wow... yes, they look really cool! Timeless and yet so 90s. They also sound great  
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the company that started the Scandinavian invasion - design-wise  
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Yamaha NS5000 - soo black, can't make up my mind about them  
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@roxy54  I have the 5s. I absolutely love them. I like the way they look, I just think they have  the ultimate pure functional look with no time wasted on design details. So they are simple and beautiful in the same time, so British, so much fun ... 
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  one of the prettiest ugly speakers:                                             
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@snilf  I sent it for all the countries (who knew Cyrpus made cool speakers) but yes, Slovenia is impeccable, pretty as a postcard  
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btw is the similarity between the LSA 50s and and Sonus Faber Concertino purely coincidental?