I have listened to the Elura Blue label Series distributed by Wave Electronics (and designed in conjunction with Sonance) and they sound unbelievably good for the money.

They use a 1" chambered silk dome tweeter (pivots and liquid cooled) and a CarbonX (carbon impregnated paper) woofer with a specially contoured surround for smooth response. They have a built in eq switch.

Balanced midrange tone, flat bass and smooth extended high frequencies, like audiophile speakers. If set up properly they actually image!

And now they have a complete lineup in this series.

They are also a protected line and NOT sold on the web!

Call Wave Electronics, and if you are not already a dealer they will set you up in a day or so! Check them out!

Sonance VP62 for entry level, VP68 for high end. In the $400 retail price of the 62's, they are stunning. I think they sound better than the Jamo, Boston, Proficient, and Speakerfrap's of the world.

Bricor,

Except the near equivalent model in the Sonance line is the VP68 and that model retails for $1250, The Elura is retail $800. I will not post the costs here...

Tim

Everyone always says Sonance, but in my study I replaced a pair of CT165's with a pair of VP66's and I felt like most of my customers would view it as a step down. Honestly, I do as well.

Slightly more detailed, but less impact and thinner sounding. They really don't sound a whole lot better than the entry level Triad's, and those at least have the benefit of being custom painted. They don't sound anywhere near as good as the Triad Silver rounds. Now I will say that they are only receiving 35/w each, but still not a good first impression.

Everyone always says Sonance, but in my study I replaced a pair of CT165's with a pair of VP66's and I felt like most of my customers would view it as a step down. Honestly, I do as well.

Slightly more detailed, but less impact and thinner sounding. They really don't sound a whole lot better than the entry level Triad's, and those at least have the benefit of being custom painted. They don't sound anywhere near as good as the Triad Silver rounds. Now I will say that they are only receiving 35/w each, but still not a good first impression.

Hi All. I am a custom installer and have literally used dozens of brands over the years and was curious what are some of your go-to best bang for the buck speakers. I have been somewhat happy with Tru-Audio, and have sold quite a few of Snap AV's Episode speakers, but feel their latest offering do not sound as good as their past speakers.

Also would be interested in what people like for a higher end 6.5" or 8" reasonably priced speakers.

Thanks in advance.

Update:
Thanks so-far for the ideas. for the past few years I have used the Episode 500 series as my standard issue speakers and felt for the money they sounded better than any other speaker I have tried in that price range. approx $260/pair retail. If a client really wanted an upgrade sound I was really happy with BG-Radia speakers (due to their ribbon tweeter) but they unfortunately have been bought out and no-longer build. I was just mainly interested if there were anything in particular that people were happy with. The new speakers from Episode are a much nicer looking design and more installer friendly, but seem to have lost the lower end bass and even some of the mids. (kinda sound hollow now) I have enjoyed the rewards and perks that Snap gives, but to me the main priority is to provide my clients with the best sound for the their money.