Anyone heard the MK III Innersound Eros??

I have not heard the MKIII, but I own the MKIIs and can honestly say that I'm ecSTATIC (no pun intended) with them. I compared the MKIIs with the ML Quests, and Requests and the Eros is a much better speaker overall, especially in the bass area. The bass is much tighter, lower, faster and better defined, thanks in part to the transmission line desigen, and crossover amp. The crossover/amp allows you to place the speakers almost against the wall without the resulting thumpy bass, something you can't do with MLs.

Imaging is excellent, soundstage is accurate, and of course, the stat panels bring the music to life -- everytime you listen. You may find the MKIIs on the 'gon for sale, and save yourself a bundle.

To top things off, you can't get better product support than Roger Sanders.

Good luck.

I am sure everything 1musiclover says is accurate about MkII's, but I have also heard and read their sweet spot is about 18inches wide; anything beyond that... response imaging, etc drops off considerably. And this is why I have never seriously considered them. HOW ACCURATE IS THIS?? Other 'stats have this problem from Maggies to Logans to Quads,etc.. Let's hear from long term owners of this product ??

I own the Eros MK-II also and according to Roger Sanders, sonically, there is little if any difference between the Mk-II and Mk-III versions. They both use the same crossover/amp but the cosmetics on the Mk-III seem a bit improved. The ESL panel has been updated for ease of manufacturing, but probably sounds about the same.

The Eros easily bests anything from Martin Logan up to 10G's or more. If you think about it all speakers have sweet spots and sound better in the center. I was listening to the Eros way off axis and even in the next room (while folding laundry) and it still sounded great.

I think the people who frown on this and other speakers for having a narrow sweet spot are really missing out on some terrific speakers. The Eros Mk-II and Mk-III models are not merely good competent speakers -- they are exceptional in my book, and unsurpassed in many aspects in my 30+ years as an audiophile. Set up correctly with good ancillary gear, they can provide a sonic illusion to die for.

Sunnyjim

You are right -- the sweetspot is narrow when compared to dynamic speakers. However, what you do hear when you are in the sweetspot is considerably better than what you would hear from the others. I considered it like this -- How often am really listening to music when I am not sitting in the sweetspot anyway? When I am up moving around with "background" music playing, I am not listening critically so it doesn't matter that the sweetspot is narrower than MLs or Quads.