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These sound surprisingly good in a properly room treated area. Extreamly detailed with insane sounstage and imagry. They are very bright, however, so if you're looking for true neutral/accurate sound, i'd get the kef blades or any 3 way studio monitors like atc, pmc, etc... these definitely have a "sound" to them that is not for everyone. I use them mostly for movies over music because i find the insane detail and bright forwardness work very well with movies that have a lot of gunfire and explosions. They sound best with neutral or warm amps, specifically mcintosh and anthem. I have them bi wired with an onkyo receiver currently, and I never have issues with clipping at the volumes I listen to. I doubt these would consume over 150w even at reference levels for indoors, so while their is debate on headroom and sound signatires with amps, i personallg don't think the differences are as substantial as people make it out to be especially on the movie side of things. Would recommend slight tow in and a subwoofer. The mid sub frequencies are amazing on these (like bass guitar). However, any actual bass (below 60hz id say) is pretty mediocre. I have them paired with a pair of adam audio sub15 subwoofers for now.
