Well the reviews here are by owners...without knowing what they have listened to BEFORE they bought doesn't help. Pretty much everything reviewed here is above 4 with a reasonable sample size. Yes you have to listen first I did...and I'm one of the 179 that would give it a lousy review...except I follow the rules on this site and won't review it if I don't own it.

By all means listen to the speakers, preferably agaisnt some real competition. It's one thing for a speaker to stand out against Bose at BB and quite another to stand out from something even remotely decent. One reason I like the panel approach in the Brit mags is because they compare em against similarly priced gear directly. Home Cinema Choice ripped the Atom and Micro and the former is tonally similar to the Titan.

Great 5 star rating on the Subwoofers though and well deserved. Not everyone likes the same thing...what else is new.