pioneer hpm-100's are they that great? help

[likeitloud]

Having owned these speakers for a few years now, I would have to say, if you listen
to Rock and or want an extremely detailed sound, you can't go wrong. These were
designed by the same guy who designed JBL's monitors in the 70's. JBL pissed him
off, so off to pioneer he went. The power rating has been a non-issue for me. I've
driven them with a few hafler amps of over 300wpc. I recently re-capped the crossovers,
and they sound like carpet was pulled off the grills, it was a big shock in sound. These
speakers are all around performers, at home with Mozart, priest you name it. They
also more than hold there own as HT main speakers, you don't even need a sub. Mine
has never been set above 20hz. Of course they were built to rival JBL's 4312/l100 line
up, some say they do the job, some would never say it, all I know if you want a Rock
speaker that plays extremely loud, with no fall off in sound, can handle gobs of power
and can be had for about $200-$500, there a no brainer. Be advised, they are VERY
heavy for a bookshelve speaker, about 60LBS each, so plan your shipping carefully.
Good luck, if you have any questions, let me know.

[happyfisharealive]

Having owned these speakers for a few years now, I would have to say, if you listen
to Rock and or want an extremely detailed sound, you can't go wrong. These were
designed by the same guy who designed JBL's monitors in the 70's. JBL pissed him
off, so off to pioneer he went. The power rating has been a non-issue for me. I've
driven them with a few hafler amps of over 300wpc. I recently re-capped the crossovers,
and they sound like carpet was pulled off the grills, it was a big shock in sound. These
speakers are all around performers, at home with Mozart, priest you name it. They
also more than hold there own as HT main speakers, you don't even need a sub. Mine
has never been set above 20hz. Of course they were built to rival JBL's 4312/l100 line
up, some say they do the job, some would never say it, all I know if you want a Rock
speaker that plays extremely loud, with no fall off in sound, can handle gobs of power
and can be had for about $200-$500, there a no brainer. Be advised, they are VERY
heavy for a bookshelve speaker, about 60LBS each, so plan your shipping carefully.
Good luck, if you have any questions, let me know.

I own a pair of 4312s and a pair of HPM 500s. I have never heard the 100s, but my 500s just sound way better than the JBLs. Now I know why and I am not nuts. But it was hard to except, but not now. I hope to hear the 100s and are looking for them now. Utube has signal generated tone sounds from 20 Hz on up. So I used those to test the ports on the 500s. I was amazed at the sound output from the ports. Solid and powerful even from a 10 inch driver. Someone burned midnight oil on this one.