I haven't heard the speakers you've had and frankly am not good at the audiophilize sound descriptions - what I can say is that I purchased both the Linbrook System 2s and Taylo 7Us, which Ty discontinued in favor of his new Decade line, without hearing them and have had no regrets - they have synced well with my equipment and for me they are both very musical and non-fatiguing. The Linbrooks go litlle deeper base wise while the Taylos seem to have a slight edge in the mid-range and a little more staging (to my ears anyway) With the Linbrooks I am using Rogue Audio Cronus with Magnum upgrade; with the Taylos Iam using a Plinius 8200 MK2.Probably haven't helped you much but wanted to provide what I could - Ty is an unfront guy who you can trust to give you straight talk and excellent service