Thought I'd provide some additional impressions of the HT2s.
At this point I've only started getting the real measure of these speakers. The room's not dialed in, the speaker locations aren't dialed in, and the broad array of tweaks I usually end up using haven't been deployed yet. That being said, I do have the speakers in approximately the right locations, have toyed with horizontal and vertical aiming, and have gotten absorbtion at the first reflection points and diffusion at second reflection points and on the rear wall behind my head.
These are terrific speakers!
As others have commented, the imaging is outstanding. Imaging properties are very sensitive to room placement (neither good nor bad, just a fact). I get decent but not outstanding imaging almost anyplace in the room. By that I mean, I get clear imaging, just not necessarily full bodied imaging. Properly placed, with room treatment on the side walls, the imaging really snaps into focus. Images are large and three dimensional with plenty of "air" and "space". I've owned big Krells, big Dunlavy's, big Tyler Acoustics, to name just a few. Only my old Genesis 350SE dipole ribbons imaged better, and those only by a small amount, and those were $35k a pair speakers.
The HT2s have terrific detail and "tonality", without being analytical or tiring. Layered voices and layered instruments are clearly delineated. "Air" and "acoustic" properties are clearly conveyed. The pluck and shimmer and speed of real music in real spaces comes through clearly. Lousy recordings sound like lousy recordings, but ok recordings don't sound lousy and good recordings sound amazing. The Krells I used to own (LAT 1s) had similar speed and detail but were tiring in a way that these aren't.
Finally, I've noted zero issues with volume or compression. They play very loadly with little strain. The older rock war horses I occasionally play too loudly didn't phase them, nor did Saving Private Ryan. (I am using subs, crossed at 60hz 12db/ocatave, which helps with Ryan like beach scenes.)
Overall, I highly recommend these units. I suspect that when I do replace them (I usually live with a set for a couple of years and then move on) it will be with giant line arrays or something similar, because I can't imagine other tradtional box speakers really bettering them in any important respect.