I've been in love with a friend's Shahinian Hawks for many years. I finally own a pair and I'm quite happy.

I've been a fan of Dahlquist DQ-10 since the early 80s. I own two pairs. One is a later model (1985) with mirror-imaged drivers and latest crossover. The other is an early model (1975) without mirror-imaging and old crossovers. I'm in the process of rebuilding the older pair -- updating them to the latest design. I dissembled the cabinets and coated the interiors with Cascade VB-1X. I spray painted the baffle boards and grills with Plasti Dip so they are significantly damped. I replaced the capacitors with the latest values and kept the original resistors and inductors. I replaced the original 22 gauge solid aluminum internal wiring with 18 gauge OFC stranded copper. The baffle boards have been mirror imaged. I enjoy these kind of projects. These 50-year old speakers were way ahead of their time. 

As a kid in the 1970s, I was mesmerized by a pair of Snell Type A driven by a Sansui 9090DB at a friend’s house. It inspired me to want a system, but at 16-years old, I couldn’t afford much. The magazines were praising DQ-10 at the time. I lusted after them, but they were out of reach. That was all long ago... Since then, I've spent a significant amount of time with DQ-10, DQ-20i, DQ-30, Alon Model I, Model II, Model V, Alon Circe, Shahinian Obelisk, Shahinian Hawks, Magnepan 3.7i, and Ohm 200. I’m drawn to omni-directional designs. The Shahinian Hawk have everything I want with a spaciousness that brings you to the performance, a bottom end that hits you, and a top end that reveals unbelievable nuances.