Barbuckle are you looking to change some equip around. I own aerius i and have taken some huge steps improving there performance, Djjd is correct in that poor recording will sound harsh, but thats life with panels. I'm not big on Mcintosh and Martins, IMO they don't mate well. Bat pre amps and amps sound great with martins, used 3i I've seen for $1,000 and used vk200 as low as $1,600. I've had bryston with the martins and it sounded pretty good, sold it for the bat.
