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samureyex    I might be wrong, the Arendal 1528 might be amazing in person, and not the least metallic or tinny, but to my ears, the Arendal sounds just like the material of its drivers. 

I will link 2 sound demos, 2 different speakers, same room. To my ears the B&W sounds much better than the 1528. On top of 1528 being slightly metallic and tinny, the vocals also sounds quite bad. 

1528 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9tjG3BNkY8

B&W: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOdzjyHy5p8

I agree to your opinion that BW sounds warmer and clearer. I wish a same music is used for 2 recordings. The music used on 1528 sounds bright and thin which could make 1528’s sound bad.  Find Another Reason (original music). 

Then I found another 1528 recording which sounds bright and lifeless (metallic + tinny).  Arendal 1528 bookshelf demo1

I think 1528 is actually bad sounding. Alex/Wavetouch audio

@mihorn That one is one of the better recording of the 1528, Some sounded much worse but with the same negative traits heard. 

Since we're talking about Youtube Demo, the 1528 is a great speaker to bring up. Reviewers and measurement enthusiasts GUSH greatly at the 1528 but it sounds problematic through Youtube demos.

It was only until watching Andrew Robinson review today that I really get a sense of what the 1528 was all about. According to him, the 1528 sounds meh at 75 db and below. It performs best at 90+ db. Another thing to note, especially for the tower is, it requires the speakers to be 12 ft away from the listener, at least for the floorstanding model. 

I believe the problems that we heard from the 1528s demos are more or less accurate. According to Robinson, these speakers are meant to be played at 90db+ volume and the parts look the role too. 

Those of you who have heard the 1528 in person, I'd really like to hear your opinion of them.