My dealer had some compact towers a few years ago. It was a ~$7.5K model with the touted cone tweeter and 2 mid/woofers on the front baffle, plus side-firing woofers. First impressions were "meh", but after some room treatments and a different preamp, suddenly these were excellent! Top-class expansive soundstage and 3D imaging. Very impressive. Obviously, the room acoustics had been handicapping this speaker's bread & butter. My preferences lean towards much bigger cabinets and radiating areas for more weight/impact, but the imaging on these speakers was sublime.
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