I’ve owned 3 pairs of Nola speakers Contender, Contender S3 and Metro Grand Gold 2. The Contenders punch well above there price point. Very open live sound beautiful midrange, voices to die for. Highly detailed but never harsh. Could live with them forever except I heard the Reference range. My Metro Grand Gold2 take what is capable to another level. Spooky the way they can deliver a holographic sound stage. Took me 10 years to afford them. It’s nice to be off the upgrade mode. I stopped looking.

Ive heard Carls speaker designs for almost my entire life, literally! Ive listened to the best there is at any level and I keep coming back to these designs. Several decades and dozens of speaker sets later, Im still loving the sound. The little ones will shock you (just feed them a little more power, theyll eat it right up). The big ones will absolutely blow you away, and you wont even know how good they are till the next best thing just hurts to hear. Pair any of these guys with a great set of tube amps, and youll just melt into your chair.Accent/Nola seem to keep the wizard hard at work in the shop, cause the magic keeps on happening.

Great speakers!