Right, i have deleted the old thread due to childishness of a poster. Sorry to all who gave constructive replies, i hope you dont mind doing so again. Original post - As im sure you all know, i took delivery of some new speakers last friday. Meadowlark Kestral Hot Rods. Also im sure you know they had bust binding posts when they turned up I have managed to rig them up whil i wait for new posts. Over the last few weeks i started to realise that most of my cash over the last 11 months seems to have gone towards making the Dynaudio's sound good. I finnaly realised i was chasing my own tail, the clincher was not being able to listen at lower volume, those Dyns need to be whacked up to sound good. After a few hours of sorting the problems caused by brain dead courier man i got them hooked up. It took some playing to get the worst of the bass boom to calm down. It has nearly gone now, some final positioning, and maybe some room treatment and i feel it will be sorted. So, am i happy? Hell yea! These speakers play music, they have what i have been missing in my music, lower detail. I was worried that i might feel they overpowered with the low end, but they give the same top end detail, with some body aswell. The highs are sweeter than the Dyns, and less fatiguing. The mids are good, although when it gets busy they can sound congested. As the Kestrals are brand new, i am hoping this will open up over time/use. Kit used - Rega Jupiter CDp Omiga IC's Mains treatment:) John shearne pre. I am going to let them settle in for a bit. My plan then is to run them jut from the Shearne amp (wich is playin pre amp duty at the mo), I will then sell the rotel and look for a better power amp of lower output. Also i plan to get a transcendant Gounded Grid pre. I nearly didnt make a post about this, as they are still running in, but even as is - i am very happy. So things are now starting to take shape properly:)