Under rated speakers due to price....?

Tweekerman, you do know there are sonic drawbacks to ESLs, right? ESLs are impressive in the own right. But, it's not like they are the Second Coming of Christ, or something.

Aroc, Plato just sent me a email, says "great dynamic capabilities does not rate as highly on your own list of priorities" very well said. no not as great an event as the Second Comimg but still a revelation.

Tweekerman: I'm not sure if that comment was directed at me or you. But anyway, FWIW, I have started re-evaluating planars for my own system in the past couple of weeks. They do do a lot of things well. And now that I have a separate room for the system, I would actually give a planar justice, in regards to room placement. I am especially interested in the maggie 3.6's. I'm glad to here the ML's work so well for you.

Aroc no the ML's don't work for me. the ML's, INNERSOUND's EROS, and the SOUNDLAB's are all heavy drinkers so you are forced to get big megawatt mamas. so if you want ESL sound you are limited as to amp you can use. maggies as well are famous drinkers. and i'v heard the 1.6's with a rogue amp and a big nad. was not impressed. however i've heard and just called a second QUAD dealer both told me not so with the QUAD 988. both said the QUAD was in another league (one dealer respected the sound lab) so to answer jimmy2615's question there are lots of exceptional electronics out there but very few good speakers. and thats why all these disscusions are supposed to help guide us toward what speaker is best for us. now comfedboy surely you can't disagree with that. ...Aroc from all that i've read the QUADs deserve research as well as a california lab called VMP deserves attention. never heard but the model RIBBON MONITOR 1 $1600 really looks nice.

I have a pair of KEF Q60 speakers that have a tremendous soundstage, imaging, and detail. I listen primarily to jazz and they do the job perfectly. A high price tag on the speakers does not mean they are going to sound better. That is a manufacturer and salesman psych! You can get a pair of Epos ES14 speakers that will blow some of the high end competition out of the water! I have had several high end speakers, Logans, B&W, Sonus Faber, Revel, and I discovered a few months back that the "tag" is not what you are listening to, the speaker is. It is a mental game played by audiophiles, primarily to impress their audiophile friends. The "name game". I have choked back laughter in audio stores listening to buyers spew out high end names and saying that this is better than that, yada yada, yada. If blind-folded and listening to speakers, you would be amazed at what your ears would pick. Unfortunately, there are many variables that interfere when listening to speakers. Amps, pre-amps, cd players, cables, are never the same as yours in the stores so the speakers take on a different sound. If you have a dealer that will let you take the speakers home to audition, that would be the ideal situation. I have dealer that has allowed me that luxury, and because of this I began to realize that you don't have to refinance your house to have good sounding speakers! So don't be limited by the price tag, just listen...
Michael