Bill is really pushing me twds the Stabi M.
What a bully, he knows I'm mortally wounded after falling on my 211 tube, but hey I think it's good advice.
I too would like to know how the M, XL dc and XL4 rate against each other.
I have my cart of choice, so to get an M w/4Pt for less than £20k represents amazing value in the high end, w.GP Monaco 2.0/Triplanar 12", SME 30/12, Kodo The Beat/Schroeder LT etc, all decidedly pricier, up to 2x more, w/only the Thales TTT/Simplicity Tangential in the same ball park.
So, E. European Stabi, take no prisoners build, sound as the master tape, or Swiss jewel-like precision Thales, maybe sound presentation radically different/just as enjoyable?