Thanks Man, I don't know what else to say other than to sing their praises from the rooftops. It's hard to quantify what I'm hearing, especially from the RAAL. It's ribbon has so much less of a moving mass compared to standard tweeters, it "starts and stops" measurably faster in milliseconds...
This ended up being very long, so here's the TL;DR. While speaker preference is subjective that I don't believe there is a "universal best speaker at this price point" I have come to believe the Ascend Acoustics ELX should be on anyone's short list for ~$5K/pair speakers, if the listener prizes...