The B&W's didn't impress me, nor my wife. Sounded muddy, almost muffled, like I just wanted to get up and rip the grill right off the sucker to see if it was true what I was hearing. Some of their speakers are moderately priced, but I would have to agree that there is way too much hype about these speakers.
I think Mirage is another one. I know they have alot of drivers in their floor standers, hence the high cost, but the sound you get from them would only be suitable for HT use in my opinion. So for me the price to performace ratio is way out of balance in the Mirages.
Let's see what other speakers I've demoed. Totem speakers are good speakers, a little bright but still a good prduct. Price to performce ratio is unreal though. Just for the little Arrow speakers you might as well chop off your arm and leave it on the counter! Anything more advanced than the arrow you might as well say good by to your right leg as well!
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