Love 'em Dave! Chance to be truly vain with both performance and while I am blowing my ears off I can stare at myself in them while I listen and see my facial expressions while I enjoy Josh G or Sarah M to Cassandra W to the Eagles and also watch myself air guitar to some Metallica! Yea, not really THAT vain but they will look beautiful in the family room! ;)
Gotta say I am surprised NO ONE that I have read so far has mentiond the "WAF!?" Guys (and gals), a speaker that is wife friendly and sounds better!!!!! It is a decoration that really reaches deep and I don't mean into your bank account! :D
I have a question though Dave..... all the work and beauty and I know what the pro of the high gloss venir is. So I have to ask how easy these are to scratch when placed or bumped or cleaned. I had a set of Sapphires for a little while and even being careful I managed to scuff and nick them a little with minimal usage and was quite surprised to see the marks while being so careful. Can you speak to your high gloss and its resistance to these nicks and marks/scuffs?
Lastly, I haven't read everything you have posted yet but if you haven't already, what are the numbers? Freq resp, max output, rms, etc? If you are saying it sounds bigger than the 340SE's, I can't wait to hear them, especially with only one woofer cone!