RGA,

I hope that you realise that quite a few who have heard AN-E side-by-side with the LVs, similar rated specs and target market, have stated a marked preference for LVs (even an AN dealer implied this in a conversation), and following from your comments sometime ago, it seems hat AN is definitely a much bigger brand in the US than in UK, there are a couple of reasons for this. It is foolish to speculate as to the exact reasons for, though the presence of the likes of Quad, Sugden, Linn, Naim etc does not help matters. Drastically different typical listening environments probably play a role in this. Also I think that AN speakers have to compete with a wider palette of designs over here.