I have two cats. Most got left here by my kids or grandkids and the one stray kitten (last survivor of a litter of 5) is the most recent addition. Now if I can just break the little fella of wanting to live ON me all the time, that will be something else.
My post prompted me to practice what I preach so I broke out the 8" JBLs for a whirl around some reggae/dub music played rather loudly and using the same pair of subs from my main system. This is very good and immersive, stage forward, and really fun. This could very well be a pair of the active Kali Audio IN-8 monitors, which can be placed on their sides as well.
This causes me to listen like this for weeks at a time now. Basically this is because you said you would not be getting rid of your existing speakers, so I instead offer a different style of listening, independent of what you are already doing, and because you listen away from your speakers. These little excursions have caused two friends who are heavily invested in HT, to adopt side systems like this for music.
This ends up being a good way to listen well, on a relative budget, if nothing else. Budget near field monitors can often sound better than much more expensive speakers that are instead, set up in a 'wrong' room. I still have my main speakers in place because I will not replace those either.
