Well....I pulled the trigger...dropped the hammer...whatever I tried out the 533-PTs for a month but while they are very nice speakers I just couldn't get the HT rumble I wanted and there appears to be a slight dropoff at about 100hz that I noticed on some of the music I like.  Overall, I'd rate this pair as a 9 on the music ...

OK finally got my 5.1 Aperion system. So far I love it, however one complaint is that the dialog isn't loud enough (during Dolby Digital format only). I find I need to crank the volume up to get good dialog however when I do this during an action scene it's way too loud. I have calibrated all my speakers with the SPL meter and set up the ...

Hey all, This is my first post here.  I ordered a 5.1 system containing cherry power towers for the fronts, the bipole/dipole surrounds, and the VAC center channel (on backorder right now ).  I also took advantage of the receiver promotion and got the Onkyo SR602 receiver.  I ordered Monday and everything arrived this afternoon ...