best speakers for vocals?

I will add JM Labs Alto Be.Vocals actually sound better than on their bigger brothers.

Piega C-10 Limiteds with a Mcintosh 402 Amp will put you in "lolla land." A lot of good suggestions on this thread-have fun...brent

As a former owner of SF Extrema/Guarneri, B&W 802N, Merlin VSM, Dynaudio Confidence 5, Wilson Watt/Puppy (and many others), current owner of SF Amati & Cremona, my personal favorite for vocal is....

Dynaudio Consequence & Confidence 5.

Like electrostatis, secret lies in crossover, or lack of. Most 2 or 3 way speakers cross at vocal range and we all know what crossover can do to sound. Both speakers use midrange dome which covers vocal range without nasty crossover, the whole range is covered by one driver. Both speakers deliver real world bass unlike electrostatic. But penalty of either speaker is efficiency, <85db due to isobaric woofer design.

I think the best vocal reproduction I've heard were from a pair of Apogee Stage speakers...not much in the way of weight though as the bass was only around 40hz... or less.

Dave

If you have an small listening room, try the Rogers LS3/5 15 ohms version.
They are wonderfull with tube amplifier.
Although the speakers, for vocals you must use Tube amplifier.
Electrostatic and Planar speakers are great for vocals but you need big and good listening room.