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Originally Posted by Matts 
When I heard them at Magnolia they were playing Quantum of Solace, blu-ray and were using 65 for LCR and two smaller 55's for the rears. They had a sub in the corner, which I believe was REL, though I may be mistaken. The soundstage was very dynamic and very clear at a reasonably high volume - not reference, but still quite loud. The soundstage flowed from front to back very seamlessly and had a great amount punch and low bass, even when the sub was switched off. Dialogue was crisp and evenly maintained without any trace of compression during loud db peaks. The surrounds were also quite impressive. The sound was very sweet, perhaps more on the warm side, but no obvious coloration. The mids were very sweet and again lots of strong dynamics.
I did get to hear a little music in plain stereo, again with a sub. The 65's were playing 2.1 setup. They played mostly classic music with lots of horns, kick drums, etc. Every thing I heard was very detailed and the speakers did a good job separating the various instruments while not losing cohesiveness. I thought for the price of a pair of 65's or even five 65's the value was excellent. Again not off the charts, insane quality that you would give up a pair of high quality $10k plus speakers, but they held their own against some of the more reasonably higher priced speakers in their rooms that I have listened to many times before.
Put it this way, I could easily live with a set of 65's in my HT setup and feel that I was getting every bit the bang for my buck.
When I heard them at Magnolia they were playing Quantum of Solace, blu-ray and were using 65 for LCR and two smaller 55's for the rears. They had a sub in the corner, which I believe was REL, though I may be mistaken. The soundstage was very dynamic and very clear at a reasonably high volume - not reference, but still quite loud. The soundstage flowed from front to back very seamlessly and had a great amount punch and low bass, even when the sub was switched off. Dialogue was crisp and evenly maintained without any trace of compression during loud db peaks. The surrounds were also quite impressive. The sound was very sweet, perhaps more on the warm side, but no obvious coloration. The mids were very sweet and again lots of strong dynamics.
I did get to hear a little music in plain stereo, again with a sub. The 65's were playing 2.1 setup. They played mostly classic music with lots of horns, kick drums, etc. Every thing I heard was very detailed and the speakers did a good job separating the various instruments while not losing cohesiveness. I thought for the price of a pair of 65's or even five 65's the value was excellent. Again not off the charts, insane quality that you would give up a pair of high quality $10k plus speakers, but they held their own against some of the more reasonably higher priced speakers in their rooms that I have listened to many times before.
Put it this way, I could easily live with a set of 65's in my HT setup and feel that I was getting every bit the bang for my buck.
Lucky dog, I only got to try the 45 and 55. I actually found the highs and mids of the 45 to sound very close to the 8060's but less spacious due to being direct radiating. I'd personally take the sm45's and get some nice subs. Though if I head the sm65's I may like those even more. Anyway, I bet the sm45 would make for awesome height speakers if you have 8060's, etc.
...I own them and was thinking about the new studio monitors for heights and surrounds....the 45's im thinking about...
