Nuance was only sold through a retail outlet much like Visions' own Soundstage brand. I can not for the life of me remember the name of that company, anyway, Nuance had a bad rap from poor sales practices more than poor performance. I can remembr a set of Nuance speakers that were the size of a wall, 6-7' tall and 2-3' wide, they played really loud but that is about all I can remember. I used to work with someone that had purchased a 5.1 set from that nameless company just before they went out of business. He seemed to really like his setup.