I was hoping that John would post a reply with his impressions before I gave mine...oh, well.
I thought the demo went very well. There were times that John wasn't able to tell where the sound was coming from and had to get up and walk over to the QS8s to listen. He mentioned that he thought sounds were coming from beside him at times (my QS8s are mounted 6 feet behind the viewing area, about 7 feet high). There were other times that he could pinpoint the sound coming from one QS8 or the other. In every case, the speaker performed exactly as it should and he was impressed.
I played the following DVDs:
Lion King
GoldenEye (James Bond)
Gladiator
Lord Of the Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring - Extended Edition
Matrix
Then I played a little multi-channel music:
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (SACD)
Eagles - Hotel California (DVD-A)
At the beginning of the mulit-channel version of "Money", the cash register sounds ping-pong from speaker to speaker. John had a big grin on his face during that demo.
John mentioned, before he left, that the QS8s were now at the top of his list for surround speakers.
David
