What do you consider the most musical speakers—$15000 & under

I think you either like horns or you don't.  I loved them as a kid, but most of them I've heard (and even liked) are a bit colored tonally.  I think that's why many of us aren't into them. Fun to listen to?  Can be adn if you like them, that's awesome.  It's why they make so many different speakers.

Accurate measurement should mean the speaker doesn't add or subtract anything from the signal being fed right? so if you have a room that adds or subtracts different fq's speakers that compensate for it will in fact more accurate right? If it's a known quantity that typical room reflections add 3-5 db at 3-5khz (pulling these figures out of the air for my argument) a designer that accounts for the typical room would be more accurate/musical than the razor flat measuring speaker.

Steve, very interesting.  I had this discussion with Richard Vandersteen a few weeks ago.  He uses his normal listening room to audition his gear/speakers.  He wants a real life room since that's what folks use to listen to their systems.  Some rooms sound better than others of course, but I want my system to sound good in my room. I don't care how it sounds in a chamber, lol.  Seems to work as he's sold tons of speakers since 78 or so.

I have heard the same thing from a few other designers over the years.  The irony is that I've heard many products that were voiced in specially designed chambers, not sound that great in a real room.