I also heard them at LA Audio Show, and agree with nonoise. Not as detailed as mine (Bob Carvers, but those are also 3.2X the price) , or as those I mentioned below. As someone else (mis, imho) noted, contrariwise - they were not the best sounding speakers at the show. With 100K $ speakers, that's ridiculous - I liked the Wilson-Benesch, the Raidho, maybe some of the Wilsons, some of the Magicos (but not the very big ones), Focal, and always, Sonus-Faber and Vandersteen. All of those are way outside the 5K price range. At 5K, these are probably on the short list.
These were certainly not strident on a mix of violin, orchestral, and pop music. Again, at shows, room acoustics have a lot to do with perceived quality. The naysayers may have gotten a bad setup, or even poor recordings. Listen several times in different environments, and try to get a trial (that last part never worked for me though) :-)
These were certainly not strident on a mix of violin, orchestral, and pop music. Again, at shows, room acoustics have a lot to do with perceived quality. The naysayers may have gotten a bad setup, or even poor recordings. Listen several times in different environments, and try to get a trial (that last part never worked for me though) :-)