I feel I've found my next speaker :D anyone know of a pair?? And then there is the Kite (ca. ,000), a floorstander only slightly larger than the Shearwater. It sports a deceptively ordinary 8-inch three-way configuration. Then the word ordinary vacates your vocabulary when you realize that its woofer offers 1.25 inches of honest excursion. Kite woofer doing 8Hz @ 200 watts A kilowatt on-board amplifier is equalized to wring a true 20Hz flat out of the bass system. Response trim pots can dial the Kite for an earth-shaking +1dB at 18Hz response. In a canny move, the woofer amp derives a high-level signal from the end user's main amp that powers the anything-but-ordinary 9800-series Scanspeak tweeter and the truly extraordinary 5-inch Scanspeak Revelator paper graphite midrange. This hookup scheme assures correct timbre matching since the main amp's sonic signature is passed on intact to the integral active subwoofer section. With its 90dB sensitivity, the passive upper two-way could be powered with a modestly endowed triode SET. (Tube fiends with a lust for Herculean bass action; keep your eyes glued to this baby!) Anyone Know where I can find a pair of these :D