My speakers, described above, are essentially vintage/custom speakers that are not commercially available. An important feature, to me, is that they are extremely efficient so that they work with low-powered amps (the only kind of amps I really like). High efficiency options in commercially available speakers are somewhat limited. The Audio Note and Devore speakers, while not extremely efficient, do work quite well with low-powered amps and they sound pretty good. My favorite commercial speakers come from Charney Audio, but they can only be auditioned in New Jersey (or at audio shows).; the model I heard, and really liked, was reasonably compact, light in weight and very reasonably priced ($17,000) for a high-end product.
If you go the custom-made route, check out Deja Vu Audio in Tysons Corner Virginia. They make really good speakers from around $20k to ?? (I heard a million plus system, but, that included custom-built speakers and amp and linestage and phono amp, plus Audio Note DAC and transport and a turntable setup). Deja Vu custom speakers can also be heard at affiliated Deja Vu stores in Miami and Los Angeles. Goto makes components for assembling custom systems that sound very good, but, the components are extremely expensive (looking at six figures for just the drivers).
