You think resale value on anything Pioneer is going work out in your favor? They're the Dodge of audio, 3 years from now you'd be lucky to get back what you paid on them in interest.
Compared to the others you're looking at from Salk, Vapor, and even Selah ... Pioneer won't give you anywhere near the same quality of construction and components for your money. That's real value, not some dealer knocking 20% off an inflated retail price. And any of those 3 shops will build you a center channel however you want it.
And just to state my personal opinion/bias, I think the TAD's are the most over-hyped, under-performing speakers I've heard in a long long time. So based on that, I have zero interested in the Pioneer.
Compared to the others you're looking at from Salk, Vapor, and even Selah ... Pioneer won't give you anywhere near the same quality of construction and components for your money. That's real value, not some dealer knocking 20% off an inflated retail price. And any of those 3 shops will build you a center channel however you want it.
And just to state my personal opinion/bias, I think the TAD's are the most over-hyped, under-performing speakers I've heard in a long long time. So based on that, I have zero interested in the Pioneer.