What deserves more attention on Audiogon?


There are some current lines and products that get a lot of buzz here on Audiogon and others that are well known otherwise that do not.

Klipsch (other than current Heritage line) and KEF are two examples. These seem to have more of an A/V focus these days, but how do these and other more well known product lines that are popular elsewhere but do not get a lot of buzz here on Audiogon really stack up sound wise?

Anyone finding any great performers that are popular elsewhere but not on A'gon worth sharing that might not get much love here otherwise?

If you have heard some underdog product that you think can compete with the more common "high end" type products here, please indicate what you have heard or read that makes you think so.

Thanks.
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JBL, best of the best. Not quite sure why yet but I'll find out when I get my 4345s finally built. Nothing compares to the build quality of their drivers. There is no higher ultimate. Never paid much attention to them in the past, being a B&W/KEF fan for 35 years. My loss.
Diana Krall will always get more attention than Barbara Dennerlain, but it doesen't mean tha she's better musician.
FWIW I recently auditioned over twenty floor standing speakers. Most of them the highly touted names on this site. Example SF PSB AZ B&W TOTEM DEVORE MAGGIE VANDERSTEEN PARADIGM ECT. Bottom line a pair of KEF R900 won out. I would have never even considered these if one of the dealers did not have them on hand. Oh and many may think they are HT. I have set up my front end preamp amp and cables and the sound is fantastic. BTW I compared speakers over 10k the only ones that thought were worthy Joseph audio Perspectives.

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47 labs cables, specifically at short runs, are incredible for the money. They have been discussed but not much. They have been dismissed because of their simple design, but I think thier genius is in their rca connectors. Great tone; they replaced my Purist and my previous favorite, Music Metre cables. At long runs they sound bad at the frequency extremes.
i keep mentioning on occasion my Tivoli bedroom system that performs amazingly well from a musicality perspective. it is limited in how loud you can play it and also the high-frequency extension is limited somewhat (although it seems to be a positive effect overall). the system consists of a Model-3 Clock Radio, the stereo speaker, and TWO subwoofers fed by a splitter, plus the CD player (optional- the cd player doesn't get my strong recommendation but it's a perfect match of course and sounds C+/B-). The speakers/radio are arranged on opposite nightstands with me lying in the middle of the bed.
i listen to classical music and jazz broadcasts. i have a MacBook Pro hooked up as well to the MIX-INPUT jack (stereo miniplug) when i want to listen to internet music sites, Youtube, etc.
the reproduction of string bass is fantastic. piano jazz trios sound great,
classical music of all kinds sounds great, although large symphonic works can lack
detail at times, not that it spoils the experience very much. Pipedreams, a
broadcast featuring pipe organ music, with/without chorus, orchestras, brass, etc. sounds VERY good, even without really deep bass.
you can turn the radio to maximum volume most of the time and the speaker WILL NOT go into distortion.
it's not that easy to find this radio/speaker/sub combo for sale anymore.
the old-fashioned tuning knob is the only one i would get due to its amazing sensitivity and good sound.
i have a very expensive system in the living room that sounds amazing on a whole other level, but damn it if i don't love to relax and tune into all of the wonderful programming i can get in the bedroom, perhaps even MORE. i don't try to explain it anymore after several years, i just accept it. MUSIC, all evening, all night, no knob twisting, no record cleaning, etc.
one caveat though- they "could" improve the system with better cabling, better subwoofer amplifiers and speakers, better speakers and power supplies, etc. If i was "handy" i would love to take one of these radios apart, dump the clock, and upgrade the audio components. perhaps someday someone will attempt this, maybe even tivoli might take a shot at it. but they certainly have done a remarkable job so far of getting the basics working together really really well.