Opinions are like..... For my money, I'd ditch Macintosh because AFAIK all their gear is "warm" lacking detail. I'd go open baffle, Caladan, and if you want to better them, PureAudioProject, or the like. Caladans sound pretty bad for the first 300 hours or so, the capacitors are the biggest issue, but the bass drivers definitely improve as well, but they are punishingly bright at first, though perhaps not with a Mac preamp???