Canton Chrono SLS 780 DCPrice: $3798 per pair

Website: www.canton.de

Doug said: When people ask me to recommend a top-class, midpriced, floorstanding speaker, what almost always pop to mind are various models from such stalwart brands as KEF, Paradigm, and PSB. What I heard from the Chrono SLS 780 DC means that the next time I’m asked for such a recommendation,Canton, too, will be on the tip of my tongue.

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The gist: Overachieving small floorstander from Germany.