Well I have listened to a few other speakers in the last few days. I listened to the NHT classic 3's, Three C center, Totem Hawk and Rainmakers. The classic 3's and Three C center were not for me. They sounded pretty harsh and the high end sounded all mixed together. They have had @ 50 hours break in and the rep said that could be part of the reason. He's going to break them in some more and call me when they reach 100 hrs.
The Totem speakers on the other hand sounded wonderful. Rich full soundstage that filled the room. Of couse the Hawks, which are a floor standing speaker, sounded great with a nice soft gentle clear sound that filled the room no matter were you were, The Rainmaker which is the bookshelf model with the same tweeter and woofer as the hawk sounded almost as good.
The Rainmaker center was very impressive in sound and the fact that no matter which of the 10 seats in the "theater" I sat in, it sounded the same as sitting in the front row center seat. Dialogue was clear and warm without being harsh when the screaming went up. I could not hear any hot spots or drop off as I can with my current center.
So now I am going to listen to some PSB and Paradigm speakers at a shop Roy recommended and anopther shop I found that is @ 30 mins away.
I have also been told to check out Aperion speakers as they have a similar sound to the Totems and B&W's I liked. Has anyone heard anything about Aperion and there speakers?
I know that they offer a 30 day money back listening period and they pay for shipping BOTH ways. I checked out the web site but was wondering if anyone has actually listened to them?
This weekend I pulled out my old JBL LX44's and stand's and set them up front and took down the Bose cubes( on ebay as we speak ). These are much bigger and I think that having these up for awhile will get my WIF ( I know you call it WAF) to get used to them so I can go with a tower speaker set up instead of the bookshelf speakers. So far so good. Wish me luck and and I appreciate any input you mayt have.
Mark
PS-Roy my plane is a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP, but even that will not get me to Garden Grove in 20 mins. I mistook that with Garden Terrace which is 20 mins away. DWC is @ 60 mile from my home.