Heard a pair of these broken in vs. a pair of Aragon Palladiums and Bryston 7B ST's on some demo Studios through a Levinson CD transport. They all sounded great, but the Aragon's had better dynamics, top end was also smoother yet more detailed. The Bryston's also had better dynamics, but I was surprised by the Aragons. I thought they had the best dynamics of them all. At 4 ohms doesnt the Bryston buy out about 900 watts? At 4 ohms the Palladium's quote 600 watts rms, but if someone told me the specs were switched I would have believed them. Either way it was a tough choice between all 3, but I ended up going with the Palladium 1k's, especially at $3000 for BOTH monoblocks(vs. $5000-$6000), a complete steal with better performance overall in my book.