You have already made it clear that you will give up resolution vs air moved in the room. That's cool and I know many who do this and most don't even notice it when listening to mostly rock.
I realize the Treo is not for you. Not enough air moved. As for reviews, they are nice, but again, I'll trust my own ears.
All I said was that your statements of 'do not compare' and the rest just lose you any credibility in your response. None of us can make statements like that as it's audio and personal. When I said the Zen's weren't coherent, I said this: I auditioned the Zen's and found they lacked coherency for ME. Did you notice I said for ME.
As for the Quatro's being a semi active speaker, I love it. Nothing beats being able to tune the bass to the room and placing the speaker in the best place to do all the great things it does like disappear and play music in a point source sort of way. I don't worry about the crossover part either as mine is built directly into my integrated amp. Easy for some companies to do, like Ayre. Plenty of great choices depending on what you like to listen to.
I realize the Treo is not for you. Not enough air moved. As for reviews, they are nice, but again, I'll trust my own ears.
All I said was that your statements of 'do not compare' and the rest just lose you any credibility in your response. None of us can make statements like that as it's audio and personal. When I said the Zen's weren't coherent, I said this: I auditioned the Zen's and found they lacked coherency for ME. Did you notice I said for ME.
As for the Quatro's being a semi active speaker, I love it. Nothing beats being able to tune the bass to the room and placing the speaker in the best place to do all the great things it does like disappear and play music in a point source sort of way. I don't worry about the crossover part either as mine is built directly into my integrated amp. Easy for some companies to do, like Ayre. Plenty of great choices depending on what you like to listen to.