These are the best speakers for the size. I can't think of a better speakers for less than a $1000/pr. I actually mail ordered them $700 from Reference Audio(CA). The specs claim that the 6.5 inch woofer goes down to 38hz, but to me it sounds like it goes down approx. 50hz. it has a sensitivity of 89db, so you will need a fairly powerful receiver high end receiver. They are rated at 100watts. The mids and highs are crystal clear, with excellent imaging and texture. The bass is more than adequate. Like Sandro says, these are not meant to be crowd pleasers, but the rich music will keep you up all night. I personally believe it sounds better than the B&W 602's. ProAc's are meant for audiophiles, these speakers are designed for music 1st and home theater 2nd. too bad it is so difficult to find a ProAc dealer in most US cities.

I have had a pair of Tablette Signatures for several months now, and I would like to echo some of the comments already made. These are little gems of a speaker, offering highly detailed and accurate musical reproduction along with a top notch build quality. If your tastes lean towards classical or other acoustical music, you should give them a listen. Some other points:
1. The Signature version has similar quality drivers and crossovers as the more expensive Response series. Spending more money on the larger ProAc speakers will give you a bigger sound, but not a better sound.

2. The speakers are very sentive to amplification and source so you can't skimp in either of these two areas. On the other, if you want to upgrade your amp or source later on, you don't have to upgrade your speakers as well in order to hear the improvement.

3. The speakers can be upgraded by adding a quality subwoofer. I heard a pair with a Sunfire subwoofer that really filled out the bass. This offers a useful upgrade path if you so desire.

4. They take forever to break in. It was at least a month before mine finally opened up and sounded like the the pair I home demo'd.

5. They require a top quality sand-filled stand in order in order to perform well. Target makes a stand designed specifically for this speaker, but Promusica in Chicago (773-883-9500) sells thier own "X" stand that probably works better although it doesn't look as good.

All in all, this is an excellent speaker that I highly recommend.

I have had a pair of Tablette 50's for about a year and a half. They are the best small speaker I could find. I don't normally like boxes, but these are pretty good boxes! I used to own Maggie 2.5Rs, which spoiled me on open sounding speakers. The Tablettes have a better midrange around 1k-2k, where the maggie crossovers give their dips. But the tablettes shine.
Well made, and easy to listen to. They are "musical" in the best sense of the word.

Bought mine in suburban Maryland from a great dealer.

I agree with what most people said, these are little gems of small bookshelf speakers. What caught my attention when I heard them in a dealer was the wonderful 3-D sound stage, the sweet midrange and crystal clear, yet not intrusive highend. My quest for the perfect small speaker has ended.
These speakers don't have a lot of bass, but with the kind of music I listen to, I feel they are adequate. If you are a bass lover, nothing can't be fixed by adding a subwoofer. The Tablettes are best driven by tube amps, but for me it works well with my Bryston B60 integrated. Like lots of people said they take forever to breakin. When I first hook them up they sounded like crap. Now they have opened up a bit and I am beginning to picture the 3-D soundstage these speakers have to offer.

.subject: Proac Tablettes:......I recently went on a search for areally top notch pair of small speakers for my bedroom..offce room. I listened to bw, totem proac new, alon, snell, etc......Linn tukans were my initial choice until I stumbled into the proac dealer here in Portland....alas,,,the real problem were the need to lay out the big bucks when i really needed to save for future emergencies...like y2k....I had been trying out a va converted pas 3 tube preamp from a local dealer and had decided to return it as I felt is was too hot sounding...bright...harsh...as i walked in the used area were two most beautiful light oak proac tabletts in primo condition. I asap asked to listen to them and bought them on the spot for 395 dollars used....took them home ( i calle in sick the rest of the afternoon ) and inserted them into my bedroom system: revox b225 cd player, sumo electra pream, nad 2050 power amp, audioqest f4 cables,mk 125 sbwoofer, triplite poxer stablixer anda conditioner,solid stands 26 in tall, weighted with concrete,.....I took the maggi mg2 improved with new factory replaced tweeters and put them into my frontroom system, and set up the proacs......stunning......i was struck by the complete lack of fatigue when listening...at first they seemed tad bright but proper positioning about 12 in frome rear wall and toe in slightly toward my desk where i listen and work resulted in the most beautiful sound i have ever heard from a small speaker and rivals alll but a few large systems.....few people have ever heard a speaker the size of the proac tablette turned up loud and not hear the typical compressiion and distortion you normally expect from small speakers....not with this proac....crystal clear and clean at 1oo watts.....these speakers feature an different type of bass loading called reflex loading....really puts out tight bass and fast,,,,real fast bass....better than my maggis....and that is a compliment.....really electrostatic quality to the highs and mids.....the soundstage is deep and tall....almost 3d...really nice....only complaint is that it is not bi wireable.....but that came later in the tablette series that culminates in the current proac tablette 50 signatures......i think my used tablettes sound every bit as good....I feel very blessed to have found a used pair as they are very rare in primo condition.....top notch speaker....highly reccomened.

I had the chance to listen to the speakers on my sony 920QS, rotel rc-972, rotel rb-960bx set for a weekend. First observations: very forward mids and highs ,right up to the point of being annoying, but not quite. (my current speakers that use ribbon tweetters sound dark and dull after this, for a while at least)
After the initial "shock" the soundstaging and pinpoint imaging thrilled me. Especially guitars, piano and the human voice are conveyed with startling naturality. These are pretty solid performers across the board. In a small listening room ( approx. 11 by 12 ft, concrete side walls, wooden back wall and a 10ft window, curtains drawn, as the front wall) there was plenty of bass extension as well as definition, a lot more than the size suggest. The last octave however was barely audible and lacked power, but what could you expect from a single 5"? The sound was so close to being annoying that I certainly will think twice before buying these beautifully finished speakers (rosewood) . These would benefit from more laid back electronics, tubes perhaps. With the right set of electronics, real gems for the room impaired =) for more discussion please contact me on IRC (nick: W-tone).

This small sweet tabllets are exellent in a very special way. They aren´t ´´crowd pleasers´´so earth shaking bass power is
not to be expected anyway.
However,the bass is very good for the speakers of this size.
Dynamic, tunefull and well behaved.
Bass reflex ports(two of them)are on the backside so don´t even think
of placing them close to the wall.
That leeds us to another point:imaging. When placing ProAc´s some extra care is needed to balance depth of image with bass quantity.
If you do this carefully you will be left with speakers that produce pinpoint,
breathtakingly real 3D images.
High ferquency reproduction is sweet and detailed.
Vocals: clean and natural.
This little things give you a taste of high life at a low price!
But be prepared to accept ProAc´s minor drawback.
Carefull listeners will notice some warm coloration which some
suspect to be of a boxy kind. I can tell you only one thing about that:
when I play music trough ProAc´s images jump into the room and
they´re as far from boxiness as you can get!
In this respect they give a run for money to many ultra expensive
hi end loudspeakers.
I´m not ProAc employee and have nothing to do with any of their dealers.