I have owned both Sound Lab Dynastats and Martin Logan SL3s. I even owned a pair of early Acoustat speakers I picked up at a used store cheap. I never could get them to work properly. I ended up trading them in for more then I paid. Electrostats can be wonderful speakers that punch way above their price point. But you really need to match the panel size to the size of the room. They can also be very revealing and benefit from excellent electronics. No speaker is going to make a bad recording sound good. I now own Sonus Faber Elipsa SE and am very happy with them. It took a long time for me to find a speaker I really liked more than the SL3s. I would have seriously considered Magnepan speakers but my wife was against them.
Back in the day when I own the Dynastats, Sound Labs build quality was not that great. I believe it has gotten much better since then. Back then I always lusted after the huge A3s.
Speakers are very personal and you really should listen to everything you possibly can.
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