Silverline Speaker Opinion

I own the Bolero's and have listened to the Minuets, including stacked Minuets which I really liked, and the Sonata III. I thought the Sonata III was a bit over the top - they sounded much like a lot of other 'high end' speakers. They are all voiced differently. There really is no 'house' sound. They are all excellent speakers. I understand, but have not heard, that the Preludes are quite a bit like the Minuets. On a budget I would explore them. Also, on the used market I would want to consider the Sonata II or the Sonatina's. You rarely see them on the market but I would jump on a pair of the 17's with the SOTA Dynaudio tweeter if I saw them

FWIW.

Gary, you didn't ask, but FWIW, IMHO, depth of field is more of a product of the distance from the rear wall (and side walls) than the design of the speaker, i.e. even the best design will lose depth of image in direct proportion to the distance to the wall. The really big difference in rear wall placement is usually the affect on the bass frequencies. My big speakers are out 6ft into the room to optimize  both tone and imaging issues. At 3ft the bass is overwhelming in a not so good way and depth collapses. A small pair of stand mounted speakers (not Silverline) placed three ft from the rear wall has good  bass, good tonality, but looses the same depth of image that my main speakers did. As I said, FWIW.