Best value speakers available

At $10K the Harbeth 40.1 is tough to beat. Bass, midrange magic, ease of drive, musicality-they play music.

Vandersteen and Magnepan, hard to argue with that on a value scale.

The NSR - D-3 loudspeaker, Truly Vandi and Maggi are stil hard to beat , please remember I just sold a fully modded Maggi1.6 with a Rel sub
it may be a hair more transparent then the NSR Sonic Research D-3 but not by much ,neither the Maggi 3.6 or Vand 3 or their %7k speaker can touch it for overall dynamics , depth of instruments and realism and superb soundstage and imaging this speaker just dissapears truly you would need to speand 2x this to be in the ballpark 2008 loudspeaker of the year in real time,
You will see several reviews coming up this year ,but no paper reviews I asked the owner, Tas or stereophile expect you to dump at least $30k minimun or your product stays on the back burner.
Politics ,I have spoken with many manufacturers and this is a fact.

Sad but true........only few have enough balls to tell it as it is. Anyway...., don't hold your breath waiting for "Tas" or "Stereophile" clarification on that matter.

Mariusz

in order for a speaker to be considered a "best value", you must like that speaker. if a particular speaker is considered a good value, but you don't like it, it won't be a good value for you.

if you like a speaker and think the price you are paying for it is worth the pleasure from listening to it it could be a candidate for best value.

given those factors, i would consider quads unlimited quads a good value and the analysis audio omega a good value, as well.

there isn't a "best value" until i have heard all of the commercially available speakers. it is possible that there could be a speaker i prefer to the quads or omegas and so that speaker would be a better value.