Best value speakers available

in order for a speaker to be considered a "best value", you must like that speaker. if a particular speaker is considered a good value, but you don't like it, it won't be a good value for you.

if you like a speaker and think the price you are paying for it is worth the pleasure from listening to it it could be a candidate for best value.

given those factors, i would consider quads unlimited quads a good value and the analysis audio omega a good value, as well.

there isn't a "best value" until i have heard all of the commercially available speakers. it is possible that there could be a speaker i prefer to the quads or omegas and so that speaker would be a better value.

I have heard every major brand out there and was at the show for days just to hear I work as a custom installer
for Audio .The Nsr Sonic D-3 Loudspeaker was beating up on speakers at more than double their under $5k price was .
I could not find any glaring weakness no matter what kind out music I threw at it .the speakers not only was crystal clear but dissapeared in the room with Bass that was as good as a REL Sub.I did notice the High quality drivers and the Xover must be equally good for I just
got into the music and forgot about everything else.

hi audiophile1958:

i too was at the show and the venetian, this past january.

i am looking for a speaker system in the $10,000 range.

i briefly visited the nsr room at the alexis park.

in no way did i hear the timbral realism i heard from the analysis audio omega or roger sanders hybrid electrostatic speaker.

conces do not compete with panels with respect to accuracy of timbre, period ! .

to Mrtennis .I donot know when you were there but there was a problem with a modwright pre that took a lot away from the setup as a whole I heard them on the last day in the afternoon when everything was sorted and they just vanished in the room ,read all the other show reports out there ,they heard the same things I did . Roger sanders speakers are very clear they are electrostats they should be.the Nsr speaker can do several things better than stats
including tunefull bass ,imaging,and dynamics.The NSR Sonic D-3 is now in the production end and is noticable beter than the proto types at the show and please remember this was a $5k loudspeaker .they have a Reference Xover which are the finest parts in the world from Duelund and this transforms this speaker against anything at $10k I heard it recently while in New england for under $5500, and the Patented bass wil cleanly play any note of a concert grand Piano ,go to http://www.hifidelityaudio.com
and they can tell you more.

Optimus LX8 LX5
These sell on Ebay for $100 pr, Smaller LX5 for $20-75pr
Amazing Lineum 360 degree ribbon tweeters.I use them with my plasma TV for hours of nonfatiging listening.
Voices sound like they are in the room .Highs have great 3d spatiality .Bass has punch. They are the best bookshelf Ive ever listened to.