Thanks guys, agreed. The FR looks decent to me too. If I could get the defective pieces fixed I could at least focus on the sound... (the FR curves don't show the constant rattle) but lump those problems onto the fact that it's not quite what my ears were hoping for and I think it's likely that I'm going to have to send this back. If that happens, I will definitely miss the low end it provides for HT. Why does this have to be so hard?!

Epic 80-800: HG Cherry