I have good things to say about my Alta Audio Lelantos speakers. They are a 3-way rear ported loudspeaker, similar to the highly reviewed Rhea, but utilizing a dedicated midrange driver in a larger pyramid-shaped cabinet. They are fairly efficient (90db), so work well in a small/medium- sized room with my 60 watt/channel tube amp. They emphasize musicality and are a bit more rounded than speakers, for example, with ceramic drivers. But they can also reveal lots of subtleties in the music - just not in an etched fashion. They also have very nice bass response and can reproduce low bass notes with good power.
Alta Audio speakers--anyone heard them?
Here's another relatively little-known speaker manufacturer.
http://alta-audio.com/collection/
Anyone heard the Titanium Hestia's?
(Where do they get these names?...)