Thanks for your input and impressions.
It’s always nice to get feedback from a fellow LS50 owner, to get a base-line opinion, per se.
Unlike you I’ll be hooking them up initially to a SS (solid state) AVR, a Yamaha RX-A3070 (150W) in my office, currently hooked-up to a pair of Salk QWT SongTowers (dome tweeters), or a Yamaha RX-A2040 (140W) in my bedroom, so I’m not worried about wattage/power.
My only fear, unknown at this time, is that they’re system dependent, preferring tube amps vs. solid state amps, like my Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1’s (1st series with dome tweeters). When I demoed them to purchase from the seller he had them hooked up to a tube amp, 5 feet apart, toed in with me 4 feet away. As long as you didn’t move away from the sweet spot, they sounded like world beaters; super impressive.
In hindsight I should of have asked they be moved at a minimum 7 feet apart and I should have sat at least 6 to 7 feet back before purchasing them. But I figured the Yamaha RX-A3000’s YPAO room equalization’s PEQ would resolve putting them 9 feet apart in their eventual location in my wife’s office.
They sound good but don’t have the original slam/meaty sound of the near-field setup I demoed, whereby the LS50’s sound twice as good in there.
My real interest in the BMR’s lies in the RAAL tweeters, which have been described as having similar tonal properties of beryllium tweeters, like my Focal’s, which I love. I realize the meat of any speaker lies in the mid/bass drivers but a properly setup crossover with a good tweeter can make a huge difference. Time will tell.
Some will point out that they’re not towers but I think I can fill in the blanks with a sub or two. It just depends on how well they blend in, to get a seamless sound.
We’ll see …
and hear.