Any 5a owners?

Have Rogue magnum 99 pre, Classe DR5s in mono, MMF 7.1 tt, and Marantz 8001 SACD player. Replacing my beloved Snell CIVs. Did not listen to the 5A carbons, with the recent price increase for 5As (now nearly 19K) this was all I could manage.

Rpeluso...you'll realize how good the 5A's are when you get better components. (Ayre or Audio Research)

Ditto Audiofeil's sentiment. I have an audio friend who has these speakers powered by Parasound JC1s and they are simply sublime and transportive. You will not miss a thing with the 5a. The bass alone is absolutely ruler flat to 20 Hz. Time and phase coherent too; no subtraction of musical timbre via phase cancellations.

5A's make music sound like music. Even with all their controls though, don't ignore experimenting with placement. I put mine, thanks to Zargon's advice, on some baking or cookie pans moving them inches and fraction of inches over many weeks before taking them off and finalizing their placement. Also, don't ignore their left to right tilt, get them straight up and down.