I've heard the Marten Oscar Duos and definitely preferred them to my Fritz, which I loved, and then auditioned the Parker Duos and the mids on those were amazing, so that's what I went with.
As for agnostic speakers, I've had a number of different speakers in my system, including Harbeth Super HL7's, and while great sounding for many smoother genres, those Harbeths are not designed with rock music or reggae in mind.

