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That matches my experience very closely although M5HP's are also "no bloat" at the distances I was able to space them from the wall. M2's, M3's and Sierra-1's were all perfect in terms of imaging and tight bass but had other shortcomings (it's a BIG room).

This is with ~1.5 bales of rockwool set up as bass traps, which improved bass response so much that I should probably double that at least and experiment with other materials as well.

I am not expecting the same kind of insanely wide imaging from the LFR's that I can get with current speakers when everything is set up just right, but I expect to enjoy the wider sweet spot more than enough to make up for that.

Your comments about the bass from the actives are encouraging - my one nagging concern has been the obvious "if I have clearly preferred bookshelf speakers over towers in any room I have lived in for a duration, why the heck did I buy LFR1100's ?".