Any other Sony SS-AR1 owners out there?

Yes, but Audiozen you did denegrate the Sonys in your original post by saying:
"the Sony is no match against the 7T's which blow the Sony's out the window."
I'm sure you heard what you heard and that the Aerials are great speakers in their own right, but as others I'm sure have noticed, you heard these two speakers in completely different rooms with what I would have to assume were different upfront electronics. These are two of the biggest variables you could possibly introduce to comparing speakers so I'm not sure how certain your conclusions can be. Again, who knows, you may be right, but there are some huge variables here to make such bold assertions. Now, if you had heard the speakers back-to-back in the same room with the same electronics it might be a bit more meaningful. But of course there's always the moving target of personal tastes, compatibility with associated equipment, system setup, and on and on...

I'm quite cool, thanks, and remain skeptical of your motive here.

I heard the SS-AR1 at last year's RMAF in the four-channel Ray Kimber? demo. They had stunning realism. Congratulations Dserota. They are excellent speakers.

There is nothing like a new romance.

Michael Kelly at Aerial informed me the 7T's mid-range and bass performance will equal or better any speaker regardless of price.

The Aerial 7T is a masterpiece for the price.

Drubin..my apologies for seeming disrespectful, however, what I mean by "stupid rich" is that quite often people will plop down a pile of cash without investigating what their buying. Example, the tweeter used in the Sony SS-AR1 is a stock tweeter from Scan-Speak, the D-3004/660000 which is an inferior tweeter to the one designed by Aerial's in house engineer's, which is also made by Scan-Speak. The D-3004 has only six small button magnets on the back of the tweeter in a circle formation resulting in small magnet mass. The Aerial tweeter uses two large solid magnets doulbled up, with very large magnet mass for a tweeter, resulting in greater power handling, better detail
and dynamics. For a speaker selling for $27K, you would think Sony would put in a better tweeter equal to the quality of the one in the Aerial. If your going to plunk down $27K for a pair of speaker's, you should look under the hood to make certain technically, your getting your money's worth.