The reason I jumped for the Exotica Three speakers is that in my opinion, they play string sound, tone, harmonics, engagement simply better, much better, then any other speakers I have ever heard.
At last fall's RFAF I heard a Ray Kimber's string recording on his huge playback system in his first floor demo room. They did not handle the harmonic reality of the violin anywhere close to Jim's first Exotica bookshelf speakers.
That's all there is to it. End of the game at least for now.
Frank Van Alstine
Of course maybe the violins sounded so much better in Jim's display room because we were using AVA electronics and Ray Kimber wasn't.