I received my HT-3's on Friday afternoon and have been able to get them up and running. Unfortunately, my listening time has been limited, and I probably won't get to listen to them a lot until next weekend. I will eventually post a detailed rview, but my preliminary impression is that, as fantastic as they look (see up in thread for Jim's photos), they sound even better. Very clear, clean and precise. Images are very palpable and solid. I listen mostly to jazz and these speakers really make great recordings shine, and lesser ones sound better than they used to.
I've been through a fair number of speakers in the past 15 years or so - 3 different Thiels, Waveform Mach Solo, Legacy Signature and Focus, VMPS RM40, and most recently Silverline La Folia. Of those, I liked the Waveform, Legacy Sig and La Folia the best. But the HT-3's sound is clearly superior to all of them. They also look far better and are smaller than almost all of them (higher WAF) At least so far, after about 6-8 hours of listening.
I agree with George that, as good as the speakers sound with out of the box(and they do), they sound even better with the Tact 2.2x RCS in the circuit (now featuring the Aberdeen power supply). Thanks for the suggetsion, George.
I will report back will more detailed impressions soon.