The speakers look so much better in person. The one thing that I'd like everyone to know is that even though the finish looks somewhat reddish in the pics here, the actual finish is darker and more brownish, like a slightly lighter walnut. I'll take some pics over the next few days and post them on one of those hosting services.
I got them unpacked last Thursday and hooked up. I am using mostly mid-fi equipment that I have from a while back but it works and sounds good so I haven't changed it. A high-current Yamaha receiver a HK turntable and a Technics CD player. But I'm of the philosophy of letting things be until they don't work anymore.
Initiall impressions are very positive. My kids love the speakers. They replaced a set of Allison 7 speakers that sounded OK but sounded a little dull and lifeless to me(they are after all 23 years old).
The V3 sound very flat to me without any exaggeration of any portion of the frequency. I listen to a lot of classical Hindustani(Indian) music and play the tabla so I know what they sound like in real life. The speakers do justice to the music without trying to make it "pretty" or have a tipped up high frequency response to artificially appear analytical in the short run and ultimately fatiguing.
One thing that I noticed that was lacking in other speakers that I have listened to thus far(Allison 7s, PSB Stratus Goldi's and a bunch of others) is a sense of depth.
Bhagi.
