Obscure companies making excellent speakers?

Here is a list including everything mentioned:
Meridian,
Green mountain audio,
kcsloudspeakers.com,
Tidal audio,
Danish System Audio,
ATC,
Lansche,
SP Technology,
Omega Loudspeakers,
Pi Speakers,
Cogent,
Classic Audio Reproductions,
Magnestand,
Intuitive Design,
ACI,
Von Gaylord,
Amphion,
Sanders Sound,
Sonicweld,
Shahinian,
Analysis Audio,
Linkwitz,
Daedalus,
Tonian Labs,
Huff,
S.A.P.,
Duevel (not a belgian beer),
Hornshoppe,
Ridgestreet Audio,
Wolcott Audio,
Morrison,
Rethm,
North Creek Music,
Emerald Physics,
Devore,
JM Reynaud,
Penaudio Serenade,
Cerious Technologies.

Cannot verify for spellings as I copied from above respponses.
Are there any others this seems to be a long list?

I've recently taken in Lansche to our stable of distributed brands, so I'm in complete agreement with you but hope that efforts here will help them fly right into the radar!

On the issue of the Corona tweeter: The 8mm plasma ball in the Lansche system is twice as big as that employed by Acapella, lending it the ability to perform at an octave lower - as you noticed. What most folks don't know is that the Lansche Corona also performs out to 150kHz - the only tweeter I know of that can do this. From what I gather, Acapella's Corona HF limit is 40kHz.

I'm not sure how this translates to what humans can hear, but I suspect that it may help with the rise time of HF transients.

As a package - due to the active bass as well as the plasma tweeter - the Lansche 4.1 system rolls in with the most impressive specs I've ever seen for a loudspeaker system: 20Hz-150kHz @ 99dB sensitivity, able to sustain 115dB.

- Chris (distributor)

I am an ATC man and have used their professional products for years. Check out the 20s and 150s. Never heard anything better for a precise sound. They play all genres well: I like 20 different styles, and am never disappointed. As Shadorne said, they like to be played LOUD and have more intense dynamics as you move up.

For musicality, I also like Almarro tube amps matched to their speakers. Really relaxed sound and plays Jazz and R & B in truely wonderful ways. Some of the best organic sounding gear I have heard for pure pleasure. Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and Miles Davis sound fantastic.

Leema is an up and coming monitor company out of the UK. Make wonderful amps that marry well with their speakers. Along with LFD, probably the next "buzz" product from over there.

For cheap pro gear, I think that Blue Sky Audio make wonderful product for budding musicians.

Well, Pedrillo, since you asked...

Okay this brand has advertised in at least one of the big magazines, but they sell direct only and even sell through Audiogon (surely that qualifies them!): Tyler Acoustics. At CES 2008, the best under-ten-grand-total (electronics, wires & all) room I encountered was the Tyler Acoustics room.

Selah Audio is designer Rick Craig's house brand, and his speakers have also impressed me greatly.

Finally, you probably didn't catch this but Musicfile suggested my designs, which I sell under the brand name "AudioKinesis".

Duke

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