Received my pair of Reference 9 K in cherry today. And had an opportunity to audition them at ridiculous volume levels in the shop's showroom for an hour. Even without breaking in everyone was impressed (T+A electronics).
Will post my impressions later (after proper installing and burning-in). There are lots. But some quick info here.
Look - beautiful. And they smashed available PMC, Chario and Cabasse speakers in comparison. Bass is ridiculous, considering speaker size (no problem to make a concert in a huge room). I've never seen membranes dancing with such an amplitude in a monitor speaker. They solve very diffucult moments, that I always thought was distorsion in the record ("sand", "scream", "mess" etc.). Burning-in effect was obvious even inside that hour of listening. The soundstage is, well .. THE SOUNDSTAGE. Endless.
Another happy user here
As for the photos - I don't know, if I'm allowed to post photos or links here? Maybe some links that are not active (without http:// ) is an option?