2nd opinion on Energy Audissey 2+2

I currently have the A3+2-1's which is the bigger brother of the 2+2's. They are a fine sounding speaker if you take the time to set them up correctly. They have been the hardest speaker to set-up that I have owned. They seem to work best in my room about 2.5feet from back wall and at least 2feet from side walls; however, it all depends on room size/shape as this is the second room I've used them in. They have pretty good bass extension (maybe more than the comparable sized veritas)the mids are wonderful and highs are just ok, to good. Not a bad speaker for the price, even with the diffuculty of set-up. Take your time, it took a while for me to get the best sound out of them.

The Audissey speakers were a neat design but had to be placed out in the room for the proper soundstage. I had the luck of being a retailer a few years ago and tried these with many different amps. I can tell to never underestimate the benefits of a quality high power amp. One of the best combos I heard was a class A amp with 100 watts per channel, wish I could recall the name,it was a trade in of limited production, and a pair of A2+2s. Depth and vocals were unlike any I had heard before, very surprising considering the rather modest expense. Then again on some hometheater receivers the speakers could be rather bland if not muddied.

I agree with mcspike, my 3+2's didn't wake up untill I ran them with a Parasound HCA-1000 amp. I have heard many times that the Energy speakers work very well powered by Parasound amps, I have to agree. They did sound muddied, to put it lightly, with a Sony 5ES receiver