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Past weekend I auditioned these.

I was blown away by their sound. Open, rich, tremendous separation of instruments and placement, sound stage wider than the speaker distance, deep yet tight punchy bass, clear highs. Tastes can differ, but these suit Me.

And I like their philisophy ... keep the sound digital until the very end where it feeds the loudspeaker. The speakers feature 4 internal amps and a DSP, via which tuning to your liking is possible, also via a room acoustics measurement system.

I thought they are fun to listen to, and will probably be fun to tinker with.

Big plus ... no discussions on the effect of cheap or expensive speaker cables ... there are no cables. :)

@holmz 

kinda doesn’t work for tape of LP then…

True, but isn't the vast majority of recordings available on Tidal and/or Qobuz nowadays? In lossless format, or sometimes even as a digital source in higher quality than LP or tape can ever offer?

Together with the built-in amplifiers and digital signal processors, the powerful woofers operate down to 17 Hz. This is not possible for traditional loudspeakers.

@kota1 Well, I take that kind of marketing babble with a grain of salt, but they did go deep and they stayed controlled, not boomy. What they can also do is change the bass level depending on volume. Like we used to have a loudness switch on an amp in the old days. This now is a fluent change, lower volume, gradual lifted bass. It really makes a difference.