Thanx enatia252. That is actually one other avenue I will explore --- Ref 250s. When I test listened to the REF 110 AND REF 210 a few years ago, i could only detect a fairly noticeable difference in dimensionality but only a small difference in bottom end grip and slam at normal listening levels (5 to 9%). Not worth double the price to me at that time with WP 7s. What do find the difference to be with Sashas?

Correction---I listened to VTL 450s III

Stumbled across another review. they seem to like them as well.

Stereophile review:

Hifi Critic (this one is a review of the Stereo Momentum not the Monos): http://dagostinoinc.com/documents/da...hificritic.pdf