Best bookshelf w/ ribbon tweeter under $2000


What's the best one you have heard within this price range?
dench

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04-12-13: Mapman
Goldenear AON (larger model) at ~ $1000 designed for good sound and value should compete well up to $2000 otherwise.
+1!

The Aon3 is a phenomenal speaker at $1K. It has all those great hallmarks of a good stand-mount--resonance-free, transparency, great imaging and soundstage, but much less of the downsides, as it's also 90dB sensitive, dynamic, and has bass extension down to the 30's.

Their folded ribbon is a revelation in how much overshoot and ringing harshness we've become accustomed to in conventional pistonic tweeters. This tweeter gives you all the treble speed and extension (out to 35 kHz) with much less of the artifice of sound reproduction. This tweeter type shows up in some pretty expensive speakers including the Helix, Whisper, and Focus (top line) models from Legacy Audio, Martin-Logan's Motion series, and the $7K/pair ADAM Audio Classic Mk3.