Don't see much on Silverline Sonata so..

I agree with Jazzhelp. I just bought a pair of Sonatas last week and am very pleased. All the reviews are correct including the chills up your spine as mentilned by one reviewer. Accoustic music is where they excel makeing it seem as if the musicians are playing live in your room. However since I listen to a lot of rock and R&B, I was concerned about their bass response. As Jazz has said, they are not overly rich with bass, but I find the bass to be deep, tight and clean. In short if you feed it to them, they will reproduce it accurately. These speakers are smooth from top to bottom. I run these with Conrad Johnson SS amp (200 wpc) and preamp. They are bi-wired. They are great speakers. I think you will be impressed.

(sp) should read "as mentioned by one reviewer."

Me2, what will you be using to drive the speakers? I'm looking into Sonatas for a possible match with SET tube gear and am curious if you are in the same boat.

I visited the Silverline factory showroom. Very plesant
experience. Alan, the President/Designer, is entirely
pleasant himself. Listened to both a high-current 150 RMS
power amp and a 7W SET model of Alan's own design. I heard the SET first, and was blown away. Warm, rich, totally
musical. Seemless sound from what seemed an invisible
crossover supporting this five way unit. The 150W unit
seemed to coax a little more detail out of the Sonatas,
at the slightest cost to the warmth of the SET.

Needless to say, I bought the Sonatas. I am driving them
today with a 100W Parasound HCA-1000. The Sonatas are responding well but can take more than what this amp can
deliver.

Me2> Thanks for the follow up post. I hope they give you much musical enjoyment over the years.