Active speakers. What to choose?

Ermm. I was buying through emails. And have not been to his shop. Thus " The cooling off period law". And it had only been within 24hrs.

Thanks for the input guys.
I certainly wouldn't imagine the Rushmores would be dark and muddy. They have ribbon tweeters after all. To be honest I have no experiences with any of them aside from the ATCs. I would imagine the Linn sound to be close to the ATCs though since Linn used to master their CDs using the ATCs. And the Linns having dome midrange ensembles, you would think that they are similar to ATCs but with much better top end extension with their supertweeters and all. I am now currently trying to bargain on the price of the ATCs. Hope the dealer will give me a good deal.

Okay now that I have settled on what speakers to choose - I have chosen the Linn Klimax 350A.

I am facing another problem. So I placed a deposit for them to have the dealer hold it for me till June but I backed out of it in like 24 hrs because I found a much better deal somewhere else. He said okay to the refund initially then he started saying that the other buyer backed out and decided to hold on to my deposit. Well so he claims because previously I asked about the Komris he has on sale and he was like oh someone offered me more than I was offering him and then he offered me the Klimax, and then he decided not to sell the Komris.
Now he says he will only let go of the deposit till he finds a buyer. What are your opinions on this? I was deeply apologetic to him that I changed my mind but he started saying that it's a contractual agreement that I buy from him but he is not holding it against me etc... But thought it is fair to hold on to my deposit. He kinda sound desperate for money though.
PS. He is an official dealer, I checked that up.

Also to add, the cooling off rule states that I get three days to change my mind about the purchase.
Which i think is pretty standard because whenever I places orders for a large purchase, I will have to sign that agreement.
And FYI. I have not signed any contract. He seemed to be regarding this like a house purchase I dunno... Like if I agree to buy it I am tied down.
If he has other items for sale that I need, I would have totally got them from him. Because i feel bad. But.... now I fee like a pushover. It's only $2300 deposit - small price to pay for a lifelong lesson.
I really need your opinions on this. Am I being immoral or ammoral to back out of the deal because I find a way better bargain somewhere else for the exact same thing?

And I am not even sure about his other buyer backing off. See he was telling me about his other buyers interested in getting the Komris from him when I wanted to put a lower offer for the Komris and when I expressed my interest in the Klimaxes, he took off his ad for the Komris. So basically I think that was his sales strategy.
Well I wasn't exactly price shopping, I saw a better pair of Klimaxes that have the latest Dynamik upgrade and a better finish in a colour that I would like better and at the same price.
Yeah I felt bad so I am perfectly fine with him keeping my deposit as long as he likes. But really I don't see how it will help him make the sale of the speakers better.
What I don't like is that he started sending me hate mails after I told him that I am going to check out the laws regarding this sale. I wasn't threatening him but just wanted to be thorough.
BTW I am only 22 so I don't have much experiences regarding this kinds of issues. I called the Federal Consumer Protection department and they thought that my case perfectly fits into the "Cooling off period law".
Another thing you should know that he pushed me into making a decision like oh the speakers will be unavailable to you on Tuesday because he has another buyer - I wired the money on Wednesday and called it off on Thursday. I should have known that it was his simple sales technique.
How many of you guys believe what he said though?
And was he right to say he will refund and later said he would keep the deposit? And does he have the right to force me into purchasing the speakers like he said he would if I "pushed" him?

"Cooling off law" is a law enforced by the US regarding sales like this and not by individuals. He didn't have me sign anything regarding the terms of purchase, which I really should have asked for since it was a big purchase. Because as you know those receipts must protect both the customer and the seller. He didn't allow me to exchange for anything, what I meant was if he carried other items of any value to me, I would have bought them.

He didn't offer to sell me something else.

What would you guys have done in my position? Settled for less? Or get what you want?

Thanks Kamil for your input.
How do the Rushmores compare to other speakers? Haven't heard back from the Linn dealer in UK yet. Yeah... The latest version of the Klimaxes flown in is actually the same price as the old version with a cheaper finish.
Rushmore's are being sold at a very decent price. How big are they BTW?
They are sold as new at a great price but I worry about repairs etc as they are already phased out.