Proac D30R vs Devore O93

itzhak,

Fair enough if in fact the D30 is a "completely different" speaker. I haven’t heard it. But Proac does have a house sound.

As for the ribbon tweeter, sorry but I don’t buy your take on this. It’s not that I’m "not used" to "superior" tweeters. Like many audiophiles I’ve experience, auditioned, listened to tons of speakers with highly lauded tweeter technologies, and plenty of those using ribbons.  (And among the speakers I own are MBL speakers - I agree with TAS's Jonathan Valin that they are among the best tweeters in the world.  I've rarely heard such fine detail rendered so effortlessly and naturally, and I've auditioned speakers with the latest diamond/beryllium/ribbon tweeters).

I didn’t mistake superior high frequencies for a steely sound. That’s not what superior high frequencies sound like. It’s simply the type of character that came to mind when I heard it - I found the integration of the tweeter to be unconvincing, and gave a "cold top end" added on top to the sound of the speaker. I’ve heard a great many "banal" traditional dome tweeters that integrated more coherently and did not throw off the sound.

If proac did a better job with the larger speaker, that’s good.

Let me throw my hat into the arena. I currently have the D-30R andauditioned the D-20R and D-48R. The D-20R is a different animal thanthe D-30R/RS. Its leans slightly to the darker, richer side of the musicalspectrum. It excels with vocals and the imaging is some of the best I've heard in a demo. The D-30R/RS is more of a mini D-48R. More extensionand control in the bass, more transparent mid-range and better dynamics. Given how similar they look its surprising how different they sound.

My experiences with the ribbon tweeter have all been for the positive. Heck, I'll go on and say it was one of the features that sold me on it. I've found them to be smooth,extended and refined. Of all the speakers I auditioned the Proac's top end was the best I've heard. 

Good luck on your quest.

Yes I agree The D-30R/RS is more of a mini D-48R ,The D48 suitable for medium/large space and the D30S for medium/small one but basically they are the same speakers.

OP,I have heard both the speakers you mention.I heard a Devore O/9? in February 2014 at Audio Concepts, Dallas. They sounded good. Not sure if it was 93 or 96.But it was the ProAc D30RS that ticked all the boxes I was looking for. They went deep and tight in a medium room. I was so much impressed that I decided to get the D48R for my room. ProAcs are pretty musical and my dealer wants me to upgrade to a tube amplification for them to sound the best. Of course I disagree, because I love what I am hearing.Since you already have tubes, you owe it to yourself to listen to the ProAcs with them, at least once. Good luck!