Any other Sony SS-AR1 owners out there?

There is nothing like a new romance.

Michael Kelly at Aerial informed me the 7T's mid-range and bass performance will equal or better any speaker regardless of price.

The Aerial 7T is a masterpiece for the price.

Congrats. A review once you have everything settled in would be great.

We all know there are a myriad of factors that influence a system's performance and various listening conditions. How many people have got their speakers home to discover that it wasn't the cat's meow that they heard back at the dealer.

In addition, we all place our own value of different things in our speakers and systems. So while you may be in love with one model, it could be a dog to me and neither of us will be able to fathom how that could be. I have heard the exact same assertion you attributed to Mr. Kelley at Aerial from a number of people but it was in reference to the speakers that that individual was selling on that given day. In the end, we can each be happy with a path we have taken and it does not necessarily invalidate what someone else has done or experienced.

I ran across this high-level doc about the design process for the ar-1, pretty amazing lengths that these guys took in all aspects of the design, materials, and attention to detail. It doesn't seem possible that they will ever make their money back on this project.

https://dealersource.sel.sony.com/dsweb/p/ar1/assets/SS-AR1_WhitePaper_Final_LoRes.pdf