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MBL omnidirectional speakers. How do they sound ?

Please share your experience, whether you only heard them somewhere or have them in your system. And associated electronics. Also, how do they sound with tubes or hybrids ? Where do they stand compared to other top speakers like Lansche, Venture, JM Labs Grand Utopia, Rockport, big horns etc. ?
Not thinking of getting them anytime soon if ever, simply interested in people's impressions.
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I actually find them worse in very large rooms as imaging gets even more diffuse.
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the whole room is fill with sound. one drawback is the image location & depth of field are not easily recognisable

They require lots of power and current.

Agree. Used to own MBL but gave up on them.
They are very different from my current speakers, VA The Music.
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Mapman,

Have you owned MBL speakers over some length of time in your home system?
Thanks in advance.

J.
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.....its hard to ever go back and be 100% satisfied.

Not true. Been there, done that and never ever going back to MBL. 
Moving from MBL to Vienna Acoustics' coincident midrange/treble transducer/module was indeed most revelatory and satisfying at the same time. :)
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