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Originally Posted by batpig 
I confess to never having heard either the e-series or the older 22's, but they get nothing but great reviews.
The one you have to be concerned with is the tweeter on the Pro 22, which goes bad after a while.
In terms of market value:
- $120 for the 3.1e is a very good deal
- $150 for the 2.1e is overpriced.... if you could get them for $100 for the pair along with the 3.1e's, that would be the start of a very nice budget 5.1 setup
- $250 for the Pro 22's is too high, even with original tweeter (or a factory replacement). I would say $175-200 is more in line. If it doesn't have original tweeter than it's not worth even that much.
The e-series is one that I definitely want to hear, a lot of the technologies that went into the subsequent "even number" Connoisseurs.
One poster I believe has both the flagship 5.1e and the C-8 from the follow up Connoisseurs, and thought they were very similar in overall sound quality.

I confess to never having heard either the e-series or the older 22's, but they get nothing but great reviews.
The one you have to be concerned with is the tweeter on the Pro 22, which goes bad after a while.
In terms of market value:
- $120 for the 3.1e is a very good deal
- $150 for the 2.1e is overpriced.... if you could get them for $100 for the pair along with the 3.1e's, that would be the start of a very nice budget 5.1 setup
- $250 for the Pro 22's is too high, even with original tweeter (or a factory replacement). I would say $175-200 is more in line. If it doesn't have original tweeter than it's not worth even that much.
The e-series is one that I definitely want to hear, a lot of the technologies that went into the subsequent "even number" Connoisseurs.
One poster I believe has both the flagship 5.1e and the C-8 from the follow up Connoisseurs, and thought they were very similar in overall sound quality.
Thanks a bunch for the info. I just noticed the 3.1e's are 6 ohm...I'd rather stick to 8 ohm for universality. When I asked if $150 was the lowest he'd go, he offered $125...I test the waters on $100. Was thinking 2.0 stereo for future use, maybe in my boy's room or something...
























Since It is a brick and motar store I could open it all up to make sure there was no damage and possibly even test on there equipment.
My wife, not knowing what I had bought was almost faint looking at the boxes like, "how are they going to fit in here?!" I finally got down to the pristine speaker cabinets with zero cosmetic problems and was happy. I erected the first speaker and looked out to see if monkeys would start excitedly crowding all around it. 


And +1 on spending on a good sub. This goes a long way to provide a pleasing HT experience. As people in this thread told me, a good sub is really the foundation upon which a good HT setup is built. I don't regret at all upgrading my paltry ESW-C8 for an SVS.