Ken Kessler reviewed the new Stirlings about 3 years ago in Hi Fi News. He also did a LS3/5a shoot-out in the same issue comparing all the manufactured variants against Pair 001, the BBC LS3/5a prototype. He thought the Stirlings were great and every bit as good as the older models. I bought a pair subsequently and have been very happy. Be warned they do take a long time to break in.
PS I gather Stirling are now making copies of the original 001 cabinets with birch ply with screwed in backs!
