to answer poster Roxy's question, i also have a pair of thiel cs.5 speakers that are my main music listening speakers, along with a pair of omni 50s for the rear channels, a universal surround box sourcing their sound feed. have maggies in another room, and the person who said they don't image well must have problems with his, mine are like a sonic hologram [not to be confused with the colored-sounding carver gizmo].