What are some of the most underrated and overrated loudspeakers you’ve auditioned?

in re: millercarbon Most overrated? Easy. Vandersteen.

LOL. The Vandersteen 2CE in all its iterations is one of the best-selling speakers of all time, for a reason. Great value. I’ve owned a pair for 20 years and will be getting the latest version soon, only because I can’t afford the Treo CT or Quatro CT. The Quatro CT, in the >$15k price bracket, has some good competition, for sure. I recently auditioned them powered by a full AR stack ... stunning. Note: I’ve been to more than a few hi-fi shows and heard systems fetching >$100k or well beyond.

I’m a Vandy fan, but not a fanboi. I have been trying to find and consider other floor standing "full range" speakers that perform as well as the 2CEII and are as good a value, in their price range, and so far it’s slim pickings.

Overrated:
Dynaudio, Totem, Audio Note ( especially price for this kind of 2-way monitors in poor cabinet )

Underrated:
many active speakers : Backes&Muller, Geithain
they play so much better than passive in similar price , and You dont need any ( expensive ) amp

Goldenear Reference are so overrated.
$8500 for speakers is still ton of money (to me at least)
I absolutely loved their sound, BUT I think the Triton ones are amazing and sound close enough to the TRef for most people without paying a 60% premium. Law of diminishing returns kicking in big time.

I had them side by side for three months playing with Hegel H160 and Rogue Cronus Magnum II / Ayre Codex and did not see a huge difference that some reviewers did. But then again, I ain’t selling full page ads either !!! 

Most overrated:

Focal sopra No3. 

Most underrated:

SCANSONIC MB 3.5B, followed  closely by
PMC TwentyFive 26. 

Most brilliant (though neither under nor overrated in my estimation) is the Raidho D2.1. 

Underrated : Linn Nexus LS250 - Dahlquist DQM-7C - Design Acoustics PS-6

Overrated : Klipsch RP-600M - Wharfedale Diamond Series - B&W - Golden Ear - Revel