I remember these (from my days of Advent and AR...). I think that one of the keys to really liking these speakers is your proximity to local power generation. They were truly a black hole for many amps - electrons went in but not much came out. But when they were driven with a real amp - legitimate old-style triple-digit power, the kind that didn't expect to get help from a powered subwoofer - they could be very impressive speakers with a commanding big sound (sorry, but I don't know too many flowery phrases for this stuff). I think they eventually got kind of a bad rap for being so power hungry but from what I remember (and this is obviously from way, way back when) they could sound darned good (run by an amp I could never afford then...).
