Thank you for your impressions. I regularly listen at night shifts at the public broadcasting offices to music on 8030As. They are mounted to the wall and I sit in a midfield position, at ~ 3.5-4 meters from them. I was always very surprised about their prominent base, which I certainly enjoyed. Compared to my own speakers, I thought the timbre of the highs was interesting: on the one hand, somehow a bit dark and relaxed, on the other, a very wide image with nice and crisp placement. I love those speakers for music listening.