Ahe interesting opinions, as there's always a summary for each of these famous brands, I try to not get obssessed with any of the models they produced, but clearly there's always a model worth invest in, either by accident or because of nothing is certain nature of how the world works. And seriously I dont' really like any previous Canton models at all, but the new Reference 9 might be a go for me. I'm surprised you express negative points on the brands like ATC, PMC, Spendor, I'm indeed very keen and eyeing on the Spendor Classic 4/5, most probably can even do it in 2.1 home theater way, with the sub switch off ocassionally.