It is great you put in the effort to get several good speakers in your home and determine the one that best suits you.
Maybe there is another thread you can link to, but what was your criteria for these speakers? Were all of these speakers you could listen to without penalty if you decided to return them?
If you decide to keep the VGT system, will you add the matching bookshelf speakers for rear/surround? I ask because I would love to hear your thoughts on the towers vs bookshelves as mains in a 2.1 system (if you have the inclination/time)!
The criteria I was looking for 50/50 movies/music. I didn't want a bright speaker,so I started to gravitate towards a silk dome tweeter. Honestly,I could have easily lived with Monitor audio's RX8's,ML Electromotion ESL's ,maybe even the B&W CM8/9's. I didn't want to spend over $2200 on the towers tho. I wanted speakers big enough to fill a 2200 sq ft basement. I wanted a beefy center channel. Honestly had no idea what to expect out of Aperion,but I always wanted to try them out,so I did. The Aperions fill the room more than the RX8's. I have a few nit picks with the Aperions I already went over in my 1st post. But so far ,they impress! They have by far the best bass I've heard from any speaker I've tried,except the def tech's,but that isn't a fair comparison.
Bookshelf speakers,I thought about,but I honestly like the look of having a floor stander. Plus,Titus the Boxer dog might have knocked them over..