The Eros definitely did not go into the 20Hz's with any kind of weight or authority when I had them...
Now I have the VMPS RM30's which seem more potent in the low bass than the Eros (regardless of the Eros published specs, which are very optimistic in my experience). The midrange and highs of the VMPS are at least the equal of the Eros except that they are more dynamic, detailed, and focused (and have a much wider sweet spot).
Another really great looking and great sounding speaker to consider is the Acoustic Zen Adagio. I heard them at a friends and liked them quite a bit.
I also had the Benchmark DAC1 for a while. It is very detailed out of it's volume-controlled outputs, but loses dynamics and bass extension/slam when used that way. I recommend using a good active preamp or buffered passive preamp with it. You can also take the output from the high-current headphone outputs and it will have sufficient bass slam, although it will lose some finesse and detail that way.
Now I have the VMPS RM30's which seem more potent in the low bass than the Eros (regardless of the Eros published specs, which are very optimistic in my experience). The midrange and highs of the VMPS are at least the equal of the Eros except that they are more dynamic, detailed, and focused (and have a much wider sweet spot).
Another really great looking and great sounding speaker to consider is the Acoustic Zen Adagio. I heard them at a friends and liked them quite a bit.
I also had the Benchmark DAC1 for a while. It is very detailed out of it's volume-controlled outputs, but loses dynamics and bass extension/slam when used that way. I recommend using a good active preamp or buffered passive preamp with it. You can also take the output from the high-current headphone outputs and it will have sufficient bass slam, although it will lose some finesse and detail that way.