Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why?

@big_greg ,

Yes, 'Punches above it's weight' is as bad as 'Giant killer'.

Nonsense, all. A good piece of gear is a good piece of gear regardless of price.

I am solidly with Avanti1960; the top of my list would be BMR Philharmonic speakers.  I have their Monitors which are by far my favorite speakers in my 50 years of having good gear, and dozens of speakers far more expensive.  Fritz is about the nicest guy in the business and he too makes great speakers, for sure. 

Lets talk ’best in class’ speakers... VMPS tower II SE were my point of reference for a lot of years. No longer made, no longer available anywhere. Rest in peace Brian Cheney, you were a gift to the audio world and I had the rare and blessed experience of appreciating your creativity up close and personal. His larger subwoofers were the business. Good enough that NASA purchased a couple of them for high spl testing at 20 Hz and they delivered for them and for me. All of it gone now...Not much on the market today even comes close let alone matches the performance I had. My problem going forward, replacing these speakers with ones that will awe me like they did. My lack of access to vendors who will audition their speakers is a serious problem. It seems no one in VA gives a crap about audio, other than me.