Speaker thoughts - ProAc D40R or Wilson Benesch

Thank You for the feedback. It is helpful to know that, since I do not have a dealer in my area.

I cannot offer a direct comparison experience of the Proac D40R and the WB line.   I still have the D40R and I continue to be amazed at how they perform in a huge room.   I would say the bass is ruler flat to 31 hz and useful bass in the 25 hz range.  On a test CD I can hear the 25 and 20 hz tone, but it isn't in the REL category.  The D40R bass literally loads my entire house....all floors and rooms.   It is quite impressive.   I have the VAC 160i integrated 85 watts KT88 and I run shotgun Cardas Golden Cross speaker wire....adding the second pair instead of using a high quality jumper was quite an improvement.  Front end is relatively simple: Rega RP8 w/ Ortofon Cadenza Black and a Cary CD300 tube CD player (circa 1995).   I still can't find a CD player that beats it and believe me, I've tried.  All Golden Cross cables and Shunyata power cables.  I've heard a few smaller speakers that do the midrange a bit cleaner, but not as full sounding.  Need to move up to YG Hailey or similar AND be able to drive with a high quality tube amp to beat these speakers on all attributes.  Good luck.

Toneaudio has reviewed the D48R very recently:

http://www.tonepublications.com/MAGPDF/TA_076.pdf

........but the problem was and I do not know if it has been ''fixed'' ; there was no US Importer for Proac. So who is importing them - and are there any dealers left in the US for Proac   ?  

Garebear,

The Sound Organization located in Dallas, Texas is now the distributor for Proac. When  I ordered my D-30R's they were shipped from there. I purchased mine from Jay at Audio Revelation(CA) and I can highly recommend him. By the way I did get a chance to demo the D-48R and they really impressed me.