I've got the Blue Heron 2's and have had several pairs of the older Blue Herons. Make sure if you hear these anywhere that they are fully broken-in. They sound so good early on that most are very happy with them, but for those who have had longer term exposure to much pricier products they need to be fully broken in to give up their stuff. My reference system is very neutral and tonally pure which makes differences very easy to hear. The newer version has improved performance across much of the criteria Pat uses to judge a speaker, they came out right and will do everything well. You needed to hear them at CES after hours at disco pounding levels with a Rogue Zues to believe the massive dynamics these are capable of for such an absolutely refined speaker. I use 1600 watt Belles monoblocks and have never come close to the sound levels that were happening in that little room.
