I need to jump in here. I heard these T.A.O speakers back in October. They just blew me away. I think at the time I was trying to figure out a way to sell my children into slavery to come up with enough money to pursuade Darrel to sell them to me. Besides sounding great, they were very interesting to look at. They have a sort of Victorian/1950's combo look. Stained a beautiful dark cherry, they were impressive! The bass horns just blew me away! Awsome!