Quote Originally Posted by monkuboy View Post
Jim Salk just posted a possible alternative explanation on AVS for why the left Soundscape seemed to have a defective midrange. I thought this could also affect the other speakers that were less efficient - he postulated that the defect may actually have been the amp clipping, something that would not have happened with the higher-efficiency speakers. That's just another reason why the high-efficiency speakers had the advantage in an environment where everything was played at really high volumes. Here is the link:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...3#post21918693
Wow.

That changes things, doesn't it. A very informative post by Jim Salk. The confirmation by Nuance also seals the theory.

I could say a whole lot more, but what's done is done. I think this will be a good learning experience for everyone involved.