Ok let me give this a bump. Something unique, I believe, about the small Reference floorstanders, is that each box has three port, two circular, in back, and the floor slot n front. After listening to these, and finding them helpful in fine tuning my system, I wondered why? After all, they’re relatively inexpensive. I’ve other speakers, classic ADS 880’s, stand mounts ProAc 1sc, Kef ls50s, another pr. small floorstanders, Castle Conway III’s, and Daedalus DA-1s. The boxes look very nice but r built to a price point. The driver’s are nice carbon fiber units in a 3 way config, the tweeter a nice wave guide, the crossover I tried but couldn’t get to, it must be up, mid box. Yet the things r spacious and neutral in a way some others r not. I would think, a more expensive speaker, with better boxes, parts, pieces,ect... would be where many would want to end up.
I suspect, those three ports allow these units to be so neutral in presentation. A nice value, and well thought out by Mr. Jones...