JBL Studio 530 vs Revel M16

These things make a wonderful sound in a way that others just can't seem to produce and is just hard to explain. The other most important thing to me at least, is that they produced absolutely zero listening fatigue.

The rest on some good speakers, like Wharfedale Diamond 12.2, Polk R200, Elac Debut DRB62, maybe even Revel M16 if you can break the budget by $100 or so.

This was about a year ago. I'm only up to the E's so far, but oh what a pleasure to be immersed in the glorious sound emanating forth from these wondrous horn-loaded speakers! I've been driving them with both solid state as well as tubed amplification (I change back and forth from time to time as an obsessed audiophile), and the sound is truly high-end. Timbral accuracy, detail, sound attack and decay, well balanced, tight bass, air.

The bang for buck option I always recommend is revel m16 or elac dbr62 (always used for me) and a Rhythmik L12. Revel for larger spaces or louder listening, since I believe they can handle more power before distorting than the elac.