Omega Grande 8 vs. Cain & Cain Abby

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

No shit! Sherlock! If you were paying attention. You would have realized that Doctor vine is using a 60 wpc channel integrated tube amp. His speakers don't need to be 100dB efficient. In the end his setup will most likely be much quieter with a speaker of average efficiency. I don't know about you but I don't like to hear my speakers hum from the listening position.

The man listens to full scale orchestra. He needs a speaker thats lite on it's feet but with some balls. The single driver TLs are a viable way to go. This way he doesn't sacrifice too much dynamics for efficiency that he doesn't need. Not to mention the TLs will give him some of the most realistic bass out there. Without it there is no orchestra.

Cheers!