Anyone heard Jamo R909 dipole speakers?

Can we assume you heard the B&Ws and SFs in the same system and acoustic environment as your JBLs?

As for the R909, here are my assessment of the smaller R907: http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/jamo_reference_r_907_loudspeaker/

Kr4, Thanks for the link. As for the B&Ws and SFs, I heard them at the dealer in an acoustically treated controlled audio room with Mcintosh gear (McD500, C50, MC601s). My JBLs are in a slightly smaller room. I am sure there may be many factors playing in such as room size, the source and the pre-amp, but I would have expected to hear significant improvement going from a $1,000 speaker to a $24,000 speaker. I do hear such an improvement though when I listen to my friend's DYI dipole speakers.

I am surprised you found the B&W800D and Sonus Fabers (you didn't state model) disappointing - I have experienced superb demos of the B&W800D and Amati Anniversario speakers. In both cases they were carefully matched to appropriate amplification (Classe or MacIntosh for 800D and Musical Fidelity AMS50 pure Class A for Amati). Both sounded well balanced, articulate and involving.
Back to the R909 - a friend owns these and so I have listened to them many times - they are brilliant. They have best bass articulation of any loudspeaker I have ever heard, one of the most transparent midranges and a very good treble. They measure flat and sound neutral without typical box colourations. Perhaps some might miss the lack of warmth through the midbass, but then they reward you with precision deep bass-lines that only a dipole design can deliver. The only minor short-coming I can detect is that maganesium cone midrange does not reward edgy class AB solid state amplifiers - do consider amplifiers that are naturally smooth and warm (ideally with significant class A bias). My friend uses 30W Marantz class A amplifiers which drive them to more than adequate sound levels.
Do note that because they are dipole design, they need breathing space behind them, but then they reward with a deep layered soundstage that few box loudspeakers seem capable of.
They remain one of my all-time favourite loudspeakers!

Kr4, I just realized that you are the same KR reviewer for Stereophile. I have to say that I have read many of your articles and have enjoyed them.

First, I will tell you the I don't mean to bash either B&W or SF, these are great loudspeakers. I am sure that my novice untrained ear is not able to pick up the purities within the mids and highs that these loudspeakers are praised for. I guess I might have missed them since I auditioned the above-mentioned speakers specifically looking for what I was missing in my own system, which I was able to appreciate with the open baffle design. The material that I asked these loudspeakers to reproduce was a hard one. I am talking about the 1st track of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Beethoven's Last Night album. I think there are so many things going on within the 100-250Hz region that it would be really hard for any loudspeakers to separate and reproduce accurately. And that is the region that I had problem with. I have to say that otherwise both B&Ws and SFs were fabulous.

Now going back to the Jamo R909. I am sure these are probably not the most accurate speakers out there. However, I suspect they will be able to satisfy my preferences within the bass region. As an overall package, do you think these speakers worth around 12K a pair?