I had the same concern about the imaging and level of detail being expressed throughout the room. A softened image may not be good at times and was interesting to hear the rel subwoofers helped, I thought the point was not to need subwoofers for these speakers. Dealers offering them for $28,000 used that means a credit of probably 20,000 against any new purchase. Certainly while I prefer buying new a substantial discount off the 55,000 List is necessary. And I’m talking about a sell price of 35 to 40,000 new.
I'm now looking at TAD speakers.