1. I'm an engineer not an English major so my reviews will be short and blunt and maybe slightly boring.
2. I'm not one to point out flaws/short comings, because unless it's obvious I can only tell something is off not what is off.
3. I took these pictures with my kindle so they mostly suck, sorry i'm lazy....see the engineer part
4. These are in no real order, i'm not ranking anything, I own Vapor, I love the Odyssey stuff, yadda yadda yadda that's where i'm coming from.
Volti:
Again like last year I am wowed that horns can actually sound very good. Not quite as detailed in the highs/mids as some other speakers however; HOLY CRAP the dynamics. If you want every one in the neighborhood to enjoy your music, it's these guys.
Seaton Sound:
After hearing and hearing more about these speakers for 5-6 years I finally get to hear them and they are much better than i'm expecting from high sensitivity speakers. If my home theater was only a theater I think these would be the guys I would buy. Can't tell if using Dirac was cheating however, and frankly I don't care I run it on my computer any ways.
SVS:
The surprise of the whole show. I know we mock H.T.I.B and other high WAF best buy like stuff but holy crap these little guys from SVS rock. 5 of them and a SB1000 are $1000 which I feel is a silly good deal for any one looking for a second HT set or a HT on a budget.
JTR:
Like Seaton i've been hearing a lot about these guys with the rise of the high sensitivity crowd. To sum these up.....meh.
Vapor:
Figured I post a shot of the alien skeleton looking wood pattern. They are awesome, completely can forget i'm listening to speakers with these. This is why i bought from Ryan. If you are on the fence about what to buy, don't track them down to listen, just buy them.
Odyssey:
Again maybe the best value in high end, awesome stuff all hand made. Can't go wrong at all.
Side note: Since they aren't in "a room" per-say I can't put them above, but GIK is awesome. I grabbed the last tri-trap from the show for myself.
