I heard these at a home with a Boulder integrated and Weiss dac
and these speakers were not out of place whatsoever.
in fact the Bass is very conservatively rated we played 28 hz test tone from a concert grand piano and other organ tones feeling Bass even into the mid 20 s
I maybe giving them a big time Xover upgrade $1200 in top of the line capacitors and resistors would with East put this in the $15k+ Loudspeaker without any
stretch almost 97 lbs each .the drivers maybe made overseas and cabinet
but Andrew Jones overseas every step of their production .
he calls them the working man’s TAD loudspeaker and I totally agree .
These will play with a modest 40wpc tube amp but truly love to play loud,higher power better control.
that being said as a point source coaxial mid tweeter he did a great job.
I am a 40 year audiophile and owned a Audio store for a decade these are a steal
for $5k these beat most speakers in many areas at over $10 k.
I think a 10 inch version would be great but the Bass is Very solid ,no sub needed
for 95% of Audiophiles.