I think they live up to the hype but, you need to place them well out in the room and you need a lot of power, 100 watts is the starting point and 300 to 500 watts with lots of current is what they really need to come alive.
It gets expensive to run them, money that could be spent on better speakers if you do not miss the planer sound. I think this is the most important thing to consider.
Bottom line is that I feel my system (with 1.6's) sounds as good as my friends system that has $5000 B&W 803 speakers, so yes I think they live up to the hype.
It gets expensive to run them, money that could be spent on better speakers if you do not miss the planer sound. I think this is the most important thing to consider.
Bottom line is that I feel my system (with 1.6's) sounds as good as my friends system that has $5000 B&W 803 speakers, so yes I think they live up to the hype.