"a stylish and affordable launch into the world of high-performance audio"

Funny all the keyboard warriors coming into this thread to put down a speaker they would never consider.   Sad thing, or maybe not so sad, is these speakers in a somewhat properly acoustically treated room would likely image and create a sound-stage every bit as good or better than many of the expensive systems with crummy room acoustics all too common from "audiophiles".

To 8th-note's point, whether expensive or not, they are from a company that knows how to design speakers and make trade-offs. You may not like their sound, but many do, both at the low and high end, that is why they are successful.

You have got to be kidding!  Right?

On the other hands, I saw a pair of YG Acoustics Hailey 1.2 for 25K. used. That's a lot for two woofers and a tweeter.  

More expensive things are always better...that's just how it is. It's important that through posting things one notes the expensive things they use, and how sophisticated and smart one is due to that sort of thing because hey...where else are you going to get away with that? I can hear a pin drop from 372 yards away...I have a 35 car garage filled with Ferraris I had repainted with a slightly fruitier red...that's right...I could go on...