It's unfortunate that there are probably some very good speakers out there which get a bad rap simply because they are placement sensitive. I think most of these electrostatic, magneplanar and also omni-directional speakers fall into that category...when set up properly, I'm sure they sound quite good, but I've yet to hear any of these(heard some small Mirages and thought they sounded very good).

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