Open minded consideration of different speaker types as main daily drivers

What were the specific sound characteristics you liked about the VMPS and would like to maintain and/or improve upon?  Also, if 2-channel is important I wouldn’t use an AVR for that and would budget for a good stereo integrated with a HT bypass to take over that duty. 

I have the Tekton Double Impacts with upgraded crossovers and grills. I have them on Townsend Seismic Podiums and I’m very pleased with their sound quality. I’m at $5K for the speakers and the podiums. I have modded Heresy II’s, Zu Omens and JBL 4312A’s on Sound Anchor stands. I like the Tektons significantly more than my other speakers. I was recommended the Moab’s but wanted a slightly smaller profile. If I did it over I would consider the upgraded paint over the Matt Black that I purchased. I ran them with a 12wpc SEP amp and a modded Akitika with good results. I’m finishing my house remodel and will be changing to 180 wpc Rogue monos and a Hera pre. I held off on subs until I get the 180’s going as I’m sure I’ll rattle the walls. BTW the Townsends are a real game changer for me. Happy Hunting , Mike B. 

Lets see, I thought the bandwidth and imaging were top drawer on the VMPS, low distortion and dynamic range were excellent they would easily play cleanly at 115 db. Very little power compression if any. Like any revealing speaker, they could and often showed source material that was lacking in an obvious way. On well recorded material they were sublime and probably the best value on the market at the time. All of that said, I am sure there is something better today. Someone or maybe more than one person said I should not use a HT receiver as my amplification. I am using one as a preamp only. All power amp duty has been offloaded to Hypex class D amps at 500 wpc at 4 ohms. This keeps the receiver cooler and gets those high level signals relegated to their own boxes with a lot more headroom. I like what I see on the Tekton website. Heavily leaning towards finding a pair of Moabs to audition before making any move in another direction. They are huge and imposing but for a larger than life system, maybe a little too much will end up being just right. The ears will tell. I am looking forward to the day I flip the switch on all the new gear and get to relax and enjoy it. 

I can’t comment on any of the speakers except the Volti’s. I had Audio Note e/lx’s with a 300b set amp. Sold and now I’ve got a 6l6 push pull with Volti Lucera’s. Much more versatile and full sounding. Loved the previous system and love my new system. Could recommend both. Love the Volti’s. Sound big in the room and are great even off axis. Good luck

livinon2wheels here are some "different" speakers

Horns - Whichever Volti speakers that fit into your budget

Horns/Open baffle - Pure Audio Project Duet 15 (15" woofer, wooden horn tweeter $7,350) or Treo 15 (Dual 15" woofers, wooden horn tweeter $8,850

Flat panel - Dyptique DP115 $13,000

Flat panel - Final 12 flat panel $9,000