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Choice of Vandersteen models
The first version of the wood Quatro has a lower midrange suckout. Kind of like some older DM B&Ws but worse.  
Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range
I think fast summed up the KEF range well. The point of it has been point source imaging and soundstage with even off-axis sound, but they certainly have drawbacks. I have heard this line many times. I think fast has to decide if the KEF R3 is wor... 
How thick should the front baffle of speakers be?
Mounting hardware is hype! I use gum. No difference.  
Will an angled enclosure effect the sound of a passive radiator?
The linked pictures relay upper frequency response issues related to edge diffraction and loss of bass response also due to diffraction. I am confused with the post’s reference to "resonance" and "in the box". http://www.aes.org/aeshc/pdf/how.the.... 
RE: Finite Elements Cerabase Slimline Precision Audio Footers are Recommended
Do not know what aaudioimports has in stock, but Finite Elemente is out of business.  
$3000 Speaker Search
Audiokinesis Prisma is dynamic, tube friendly and very adjustable. http://www.audiokinesis.com/prisma.html  
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
Sorry, I did not clarify. Treos are good speakers. No problem with their extension; I find the LF is just not articulate. The quatros are better. I have heard the sub combo. It is not for me, so no argument there. The later quatros solve the midra... 
Psychological effects of volume control
I once bought a used, more "sophisticated" preamp and encountered the same confusion; I was a monkey scratching its head. Mine has three volume controls, even worse. I sent it to Lamm to get it checked out, partly for the volume reason.You get use... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
Outside of hearing them I don't know. 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
I would try to avoid the Quatros woods with lower midrange suckout. It is disctracting. I believe it is the first version. There is a later, non-CT iteration that did not have that problem. The quatros mostly solve the bass issue of the treos.  
"Innovations" rooms at RMAF 2017
The Beinville Suite at Axpona was awesome. I wish I was going to RMAF to hear your demo. Good luck.  
Has anyone ever heard these speakers by Volti Audio?
Good description, papermill. My wife made friends with Greg and Gary at Axpona. Super cool guys.  
Design a $60,000 Speaker - Start here
Pay good money for a speaker and the air sucks out the signal. ;) 
Voxativ loudspeakers and drivers
A small segment in the intro of Stereophile's ampeggio review as well as the measurements partly explains Voxativ's design approach. Maybe you have already read it. https://www.stereophile.com/content/voxativ-ampeggio-loudspeakerCan I ask where yo... 
Tech That Flopped!
They come and go and come back again.