My friend whose system I helped build has the Quad 22L.
Strengths:
Very transparent and open sound - apprent "neutrality"
good tonality
resolution and micro detail
audiophile things like soundstaging and imagaging
Weak:
Big scale dyanmics
Bass Extension (spec to 30hz, in actuality even 40hz is a stretch in a medium-large room)
I know of no other sub $2,000 speaker with as many good qualities. Transparency is king here
Strengths:
Very transparent and open sound - apprent "neutrality"
good tonality
resolution and micro detail
audiophile things like soundstaging and imagaging
Weak:
Big scale dyanmics
Bass Extension (spec to 30hz, in actuality even 40hz is a stretch in a medium-large room)
I know of no other sub $2,000 speaker with as many good qualities. Transparency is king here