I've just seen this post on PFM on a thread about NVA amplifiers from a chap called 'adieadie':

Richard is a bit sensitive about speaker pairing (and errr, most other things ) but says that a simple design of speaker, without notch filters or complex crossovers are crucial to not "strangle" the music.

He liked the look of the merlin's, and I think he also liked the look of the druid speakers along with Royd, Audio Note and said that Dynaudio are a safe'ish bet - all of which appear to use simple designs and quality parts.

He doesnt recommend ATC, Spendor, Harbeth, B&W... These are MUSIC STRANGLERS
LOL. What utter tosh!

I use Spendor SP100s and the last thing you could call them is "music stranglers". Any ATCs and Harbeths I've heard certainly do not come into this category either.

Apparently 'adieadie' is getting this nonsense from Richard. Care to comment, Richard?

Marco.