When folks visit from out of town, they frequently remark that my Brooklyn neighborhood reminds them of "a real neighborhood" from their neck of the woods. "Except that we know all our neighbors and talk to them when we're cutting the grass, watering the lawn, and walking the dog. You probably don't even know the names of any of yours."

When folks visit from out of town, they frequently remark that my Brooklyn neighborhood reminds them of "a real neighborhood" from their neck of the woods. "Except that we know all our neighbors and talk to them when we're cutting the grass, watering the lawn, and walking the dog. You probably don't even know the names of any of yours."

When folks visit from out of town, they frequently remark that my Brooklyn neighborhood reminds them of "a real neighborhood" from their neck of the woods. "Except that we know all our neighbors and talk to them when we're cutting the grass, watering the lawn, and walking the dog. You probably don't even know the names of any of yours."

When folks visit from out of town, they frequently remark that my Brooklyn neighborhood reminds them of "a real neighborhood" from their neck of the woods. "Except that we know all our neighbors and talk to them when we're cutting the grass, watering the lawn, and walking the dog. You probably don't even know the names of any of yours."

When folks visit from out of town, they frequently remark that my Brooklyn neighborhood reminds them of "a real neighborhood" from their neck of the woods. "Except that we know all our neighbors and talk to them when we're cutting the grass, watering the lawn, and walking the dog. You probably don't even know the names of any of yours."

I had intended that my recent exploration of what was available in the world of high-performance minimonitors&mdash;the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/107era">Era Acoustics Design 4</A> ($600/pair) in January, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/361/index12.html">Stirling LS3/5a V2</A> ($1695/pair) and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1293harbeth/index5.html">H… HL-P3ES2</A> ($1850/pair) in April, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/507psb">PSB Alpha B1</A> ($279/pair) in May&mdash;was to end in July, with my review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/707aad">American Acoustic Development Reference Silver-1</A> ($1550/pair). But there was one more real-world&ndash;priced, stand-mounted model that piqued my interest before I return to cost-no-object floorstanders in the substantial form of Sonus Faber's new Cremona Elipsa ($20,000/pair): the Gold Signature GS10 from Monitor Audio ($1495/pair).

I had intended that my recent exploration of what was available in the world of high-performance minimonitors&mdash;the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/107era">Era Acoustics Design 4</A> ($600/pair) in January, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/361/index12.html">Stirling LS3/5a V2</A> ($1695/pair) and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1293harbeth/index5.html">H… HL-P3ES2</A> ($1850/pair) in April, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/507psb">PSB Alpha B1</A> ($279/pair) in May&mdash;was to end in July, with my review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/707aad">American Acoustic Development Reference Silver-1</A> ($1550/pair). But there was one more real-world&ndash;priced, stand-mounted model that piqued my interest before I return to cost-no-object floorstanders in the substantial form of Sonus Faber's new Cremona Elipsa ($20,000/pair): the Gold Signature GS10 from Monitor Audio ($1495/pair).

I had intended that my recent exploration of what was available in the world of high-performance minimonitors&mdash;the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/107era">Era Acoustics Design 4</A> ($600/pair) in January, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/361/index12.html">Stirling LS3/5a V2</A> ($1695/pair) and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1293harbeth/index5.html">H… HL-P3ES2</A> ($1850/pair) in April, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/507psb">PSB Alpha B1</A> ($279/pair) in May&mdash;was to end in July, with my review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/707aad">American Acoustic Development Reference Silver-1</A> ($1550/pair). But there was one more real-world&ndash;priced, stand-mounted model that piqued my interest before I return to cost-no-object floorstanders in the substantial form of Sonus Faber's new Cremona Elipsa ($20,000/pair): the Gold Signature GS10 from Monitor Audio ($1495/pair).

I had intended that my recent exploration of what was available in the world of high-performance minimonitors&mdash;the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/107era">Era Acoustics Design 4</A> ($600/pair) in January, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/361/index12.html">Stirling LS3/5a V2</A> ($1695/pair) and <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1293harbeth/index5.html">H… HL-P3ES2</A> ($1850/pair) in April, the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/507psb">PSB Alpha B1</A> ($279/pair) in May&mdash;was to end in July, with my review of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/707aad">American Acoustic Development Reference Silver-1</A> ($1550/pair). But there was one more real-world&ndash;priced, stand-mounted model that piqued my interest before I return to cost-no-object floorstanders in the substantial form of Sonus Faber's new Cremona Elipsa ($20,000/pair): the Gold Signature GS10 from Monitor Audio ($1495/pair).