totem arro

02-20-09: Dwhitt
...we very seldom read the paperwork and give any thing a real chance.

I cannot agree with this.

If you read the threads carefully, I believe you will find the vast majority of contributors follow break-in procedures and do careful listening during the process before they make subjective comments.

What's the value of opinion based on listening to something that hasn't been given the full break-in recommended by the manufacturer?

If a reviewer did this, would you give any credence to his comments?

Rebbi, my comments on the Ohm speakers I purchased were limited to build quality, which in the case of my pair was fair at best, and one of the Walsh drivers blowing within the first 15 minutes of being powered up and playing at levels in the low 90 dBs.

I never made any subjective commentary about the sound, precisely because I never heard them at their best.

Tvad,

I understand your point about reviewers, especially professional reviewers who are paid to do a job.

But that's not what we are here so why judge by those standards? We are just people with a common interest sharing insights and observations, right or wrong.

Of course others will form their opinions based on what one says, so caution is warranted for that reason.

But I believe people should not be discouraged from sharing their experiences, even partial ones, as long as they are honest in disclosing the information that they have to share and are not intentionally obfuscating otherwise useful information on purpose in order to help their particular argument.

No problem as long as one discloses that the opinion expressed is based on insufficient time with the product.

However, such an opinion should be given little credence by someone who is trying to research user experiences.

IMO.

Back to the original posters question regarding amps for Arros and room size, don't let their small size fool you. These baby's seem to love lots of power, the more the merrier.

When I heard them, they sounded very nice in a demo room approximately 35X25 feet, but they were sucking as much power as the hefty McIntosh amp that was being used to drive them could throw at them. To their credit, though they didn't shake the rafters, they seemed to thrive on the power and turned it into clear fully formed music without distorting or breaking up, quite a feat for such diminutive guys in a good sized room competing strongly with other larger and more expensive speakers in the same setup as well.

That act reminded my of my Dynaudio monitors and even my way way larger (compared to Arros) "muscle car" OHM 5s which also suck up and thrive on whatever amount of power you throw at them.