Ah, another satisfied auditioner eh? Good to hear.
I still remember going over to SRoodes with a few preconcieved notions of my own. After Bob's write up I envisioned symbols crashing so harshly that my ear drums would be ringing for days after the audition. I mean I tried my best to go in there with an open mind about it, but it really is hard to just forget the things you've read about a product. I would say I gave the audition a 30% chance of winning me over, at that point I was truely just going over to see how well the EP800's performed, because I thought at least I might be interested in the subwoofer if the speakers are too shrill for my tastes. It's almost laughable looking back the way I thought they were going to sound.
Then I sat down in this HT, and I suppose I was a bit star struck as this was the coolest thing I'd ever stepped foot inside, but I still didn't know how the M80's were going to sound... the very 1st song Steve played he told me was an example of a 'poorly recorded' track. So immediately I prepared myself to throw my hands over my ears as soon as the music was about to start. But to be honest, that 'poorly recorded' track sounded better than anything I'd ever heard in person... did he play the wrong song?
Nope, the next song he said was an example of a 'well made recording', and indeed it did sound incredible... astonishingly good actually. I couldnt believe my ears, it just had to be his set-up! Then we played some of the music I brought, and again, there are no words to describe how wonderful it all sounded, I was completely blown away, I was not prepared for that level of performance, I'd just never heard anything that magnificent in person. And expecially after reading Bob's report, I just did not expect them to sound that brilliant!
So Quackster is absolutely right, if these are 'bright', then I don't want my speakers any other way. The last test was getting them into my living room and not sounding shrill since I had none of the room treatments Steve had. But I honestly couldn't hear much of a difference at all. They still performed well above the mark I'd expected them to hit.
Simply amazing speakers.
