Like everything in a category bows serves a niche audience. Do they sound great no. Can they sound good yes. I have owned two pair of 301’s, a pair of 691’s, and 901’s. Currently using 301’s in surround fronts. 901’s should go down as the best party speaker ever. Hung from the ceiling and powered by a Sansui 9090 receiver you could fill a large room with music. With the alcohol flowing the audience was rocking. I still own my 901’s they hang in my garage. One day for kicks I put them in my reference system (Vandersteen sig II) and did they sound bad. I was kinda shocked at how bad they were. I even changed them out with the 301’s and they even sounded better. I still enjoyed the 901’s back in the day and if people can get them set up right snd enjoy them so be it. Enjoy the music any way you can!
I’ve heard quite a few audiophile speakers that used expensive drivers in ways that...well, didn’t suit my taste. Quite a few speakers using Focal tweeters made me feel like that guy in the movie Seven Beauties who went to “better @@%%@!. Say what you want about Bose but a Bose speaker never made me want to leave the room.