I listened to them at a dealer near me for about an hour and liked them very much. They seemed to do all things well good bass and high end extension with very nice midrange. I listened to some chamber music (strings and piano) and some large scale symphonic music such as Mozart and Beethoven. Placement is important with SF as it is with most speakers. I felt they would have been better had we played with placement a bit more. They are, however, on the polite side meaning they are a bit laid back in their presentation. That same day I also listened to Wilson Watt Puupy 7's and prefered the SF's over the Watt Puppies. I must qualify that statement by saying if I were going to spend this kind of money on speakers I would need to do a home audition and both dealers kindly offered that option. For reference I own Thiel 3.6's and conrad johnson electronics. Hope I could help.
Chuck
Chuck