I've had these speakers for about a week now. I'm very blown away by their capabilities. For such a large speaker they are astoundingly accurate to my ears. Large speakers I have owned before had excessive cabinet resonance. The 100s still have cabinet resonance, but much lower than what I am used to experiencing.
They also have a dynamic range I have never experienced before. They can really slam, and they do it at almost any level of output. I've yet to hear any stress from these speakers. In almost any speaker I've owned I've heard stress in some for or another, such as tweeter resonance/distortion, port noise, binding post noise....etc. Massive amounts of detail I can now hear in certain songs I was previously not able to hear due to the above reasons and possibly other reasons (maybe those other speakers weren't up to the task of delivering such clarity).
Paired with the Sony STR-DA1000ES (with fans pulling away the heat) and the Paradigm PS-1000 I get a nearly seamless sound without putting much effort into positioning my speakers carefully. I'd be working with placement a little more if each speaker didn't weigh 110 pounds. I'm a featherweight and moving those speakers is a difficult task for me, especially with those spiked feet.
To sum it up, these are the closest to perfection I've had. I know they aren't perfect, but I've wanted these speakers for years. I loved them a long time ago, and I love them now. Even though I got an outstanding deal on them, and I could make profit on them (help catch my debt up) I think I am just going to have to suck it up and keep them until I find something that's truly better for me.
