Omega Grande 8 vs. Cain & Cain Abby

Yeap..I'm sure I'm not the only on either LOL.
The biggest difference I noticed was the Omega 8s are more upfront. While the Abbys were more laid back. The sonic signature is roughly the same. The Abbys have less shout and beaming compared to the Omega 8s. This is attributed by the smaller cone area of the whizzer cone.

Louis of Omega will tell you that his Omega 6 has the edge over the 8 and 3 versions in tonal balance. You also have the Visaton B200 Fullrange Aperiodic Omega and the Hemp cone Omegas. I haven't heard either, but the ones that have say they are better across the board than the basic Omega line.Here's a link to a pair for sale by a Audiocircle member Aperiodic Omega. There are some other companies out there as well. I will post some links soon.

Good listening!

If you want more weight and dynamics in the music. The other choices for a single driver would be the Carolina audio TLs. Or one of the MLTL designs from Brines Acoustics. Sometimes they come up used at a good price....Not that often though. You could also pick up some Visaton B200 drivers for $300 and build yourself some open baffle speakers for not much money.

The Zu Tone monitors are just a little more money. Having heard the same driver in the Druids and Definitions, it is an EXCELLENT wide-range driver. Bass response would be probably comparable, around 50 hz or so, and they're 101 db efficient.

Here's one I forgot. These are good values .Since there's no dealer cost involved JORDAN JX92s VTL transmission lines
. The cabinet cost is only $475. I doubt there's many if any speakers in the price range that would embarass them.

Gmood1:

The following is from the ZHorn site, regarding the transmission lines using the JORDAN JX92S driver:

"If one has enough power (the drivers are 88db/watt efficient) and an average to small sized room, these speakers are my very favorite."

Not even close to "high efficiency".

JD