Maybe I'm just over box speakers?

You might miss the boxes once you've left them.

I had Maggies in my system for years and loved them. Eventually placement in the room became an issue and I had to move on. Maggies set a benchmark that all speakers I use in my system today had to measure up to.

A pair of diminutive Triangle Titus 202s first made me realize that box designs done well can compete with Maggies on their terms.

Smaller Totems are another I have heard that can.

Dynaudios are just a touch less transparent and less likely to be confused with Maggies.

I owned B&Ws and these were just totally different sounding beasts.

OHM Walsh is another that can but this is an omni box design which is a totally different beast from most dynamic box designs.

"Once you hear a box less sound speaker I agree you're hooked "

They're not "boxless", but I would say many who hear good omnis become hooked also and can no longer look back to more directional designs.

I guess my main point being that radically different designs tend to deliver more radically different sound and those who take to any particular radically different design that really works may never look back.

J_stereo said:

"I'm sure with the right $$$ you could have one speaker with all the desired characteristics, but I am not in that boat, and within my affordability range I can't have it all. So I keep both planar and cone-type speakers around."

FWIW, I was in the same boat regarding pereference for planars versus box designs for different genres. The cost effective solution for me turned out to be the OHMs. Cost ranges from $1000 to $5000 depending mostly on room size.