Monitors or floorstander to match Velodyne DD15?

Gunbei -

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not sure what you meant in your third paragraph. Are you saying that if the response of the fronts are too quick they won't match as well to a 15-inch sub as would slower floorstanders? Of the size of the DD might not be as compatible with the smaller drivers of a monitor?

I hadn't looked yet at the Aerial Accoustic. Nice looking speaker and quite an unusal design with the side woofer (which is sizeable). I haven't seen review for it because it's new.

There's a laundry list of speakers I'd like to hear, many of the usual suspects. I just haven't had free time. I'd like to audition a monitor and sub to see how they match.

Comparitively speaking the DD was easier to chose. There are manu contending good speakers (with different strengths and weaknesses) but there are relatively few that compete with the DD. Good luck with your choices and thanks for your help.

Magnepan 1.6/QR.

. Electrostatic : Quad, Martin Logan or Magnepan
. Tannoy monitors : DMT or System range

There is no problem with any reasonable woofer diameter at the frequency range involved here. This is a variation on the myth of "smaller woofers are fast, larger woofers are slow." Any well designed woofer (which in this case basically means its magnet assembly is powerful enough for the driver) is appropriate to this job and the DD series certainly is a good design.

Vladimir - That's my expectation too, especially since the DD-15 used the same magnet as the larger DD-18. Do you have any thoughts about getting fronts and whether it's wise to get something that's lighter in the base and use the Velodyne in 2-channel?

Aroc/Emile - Thanks for the suggestions. There's a dealer a couple hours away who has Maggies, Velodynes and even the Anthem elctronics I'm interested in and I hope I can listen to them together.