mcullinan - To me smoothness is it's strongest feature, maybe it's the mundorf crossover.
Tonally on the upper band I'm impressed, it is revealing but does not have a shrill to it, nor sibilance like some tweeters. When I say true to the source, imagine if you will that where you are right now you hit a cymbal, that is what the Mini sounds like (flat, reality), versus you putting a mic to it, amplifying it then hitting the cymbal (enhanced). Some may prefer more "air" up top, I believe that will probably be more source/system dependent, as some of the material really opened the top end on the Mini's. Bass wise if you like to feel your bass in your shorts, your asking too much from these bookshelfs, they are only spec'd to 42Hz so don't expect miracles. The lower frequencies eminate wide and slightly behind the speaker. I used to have IRD monoblocks that I may ask a friend to bring over to try with the Mini's to see the difference with amplification.
Val - Here's a better photo of angle.
They are out 12" (I'd prefer more, however I received a frown from WAF, plus have small children that like to run around, even though they are on sound anchors I have to compromise).
For you
AC/DC heads. The Mini's handled them beautifully, imaging was spot on with a huge soundstage. I kept waiting for the spit from Brian Johnson to land on me while he was belting out the lyrics.
