I haven't read all the posts here but will add my two cents FWIW.
I spent a good 2.5 hours of serious seat-time A/B auditioning a pair of GoldenEar Triton 2+ and a pair of Martin Logan Motion 60xti speakers, using a Simaudio Moon Neo 340 IX, a Marantz CD player and some CDs I brought for this audition. I was told the Tritons had about 20 hours break-in time on them and the ML around 30 or 40. Both of these speakers performed spectacularly, as far as my (and my friend's) ears were concerned. My friend and I, both, loved both of these speakers, a lot! However, in the end we both gave the ever so slight nod to the ML. Although I loved the GE and would have been plenty happy with them in the right room, their sound signature was something I still can't quite put my finger on or describe any better than this: it was like they did everything super right, reproduced every instrument's sound correctly and faithfully but somehow didn't mix all of that up into one cohesive or mixed musical reproduction. I'm sure there's a word or term for that in the audiophile's lexicon but damn if I know what it is. I kept telling my friend they lacked "fill". That's the term I used for not being able to put everything together. Remember! I'm still splitting hairs here! Don't know if the built-in Class D subs had anything to do with this or maybe lack of break-in, component matching issues, etc. but they were just lacking "fill". The other thing I was and am wary about when it comes to powered speakers like this is the fact that they need to be plugged into an electrical outlet and probably individual outlets of their own. Maybe that doesn't matter but the last thing I need is more wires & cables behind my rack or more circuit breakers, power conditioners, etc.!