Musical, transparent, detailed, full bodied and non-fatiguing sound. Very impressive build quality and finish.

Sensitive to positioning and room acoustics. Will reveal flaws in your upstream components if they are not on par.

I bought these speakers "hearing unheard", because my wife preferred the rosewood finish over the piano black finish of the Quad 21L I was auditioning. My concerns over the so-called "inherent flaws" of 2 1/2 way design speakers vanished when I set these speakers up at home. They pretty much retain all the excellent sonic attributes, including the detail and deep sounstage, of the Quad 21L while adding more full bodied bass. These are very musical and sweet sounding speakers. They produces silky smooth highs, have a liquid midrange and tight, deep bass. They are also balanced, detailed and transparent. The imaging is precise and nothing short of excellent. Quad has done an excellent job of mass loading the main bass driver and there is absolutely no boxiness that I can discern. Kick drums sound live and real. That said these speakers are suited for medium to large rooms and will sound their best only if positioned properly - at least 7' apart, 2.5' away from the side walls, and 9' or more from the listening position. They are also unforgiving of poor upstream components. Starting from the power supply to CD player, interconnects, preamp, amp and speaker cables (not to mention capacitors, tubes, and opamps), these speakers will reveal everything. If you are a non-believer of biwiring, these speakers will make a believer out of you! Supply them with clean power and quality upstream components and you will be rewarded with full bodied, transparent, detailed and involving sound that will make you feel connected to the music.

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Piono finish maple bird-eye veneer go well with most room deco. Smooth integretion of mid,bass and high. Good sound imaging,recreate layered music soundstage. Affordable price for high-end sound.More full-body sound and negate the need for a pair of stand compared to 12L.

Sensitive to room acoustic (this may be an attribute, depending on how you look at it)

An impressive speaker looks and sounds like speaker twice the price. The 22L really lets the music flow with glorious sound.Bass is deep and tight, mid is sweet and smooth, high is immensely transparent but never harsh. The sound quality is really not easy to dislike, whatever type of music you love. Very suitable for vocal, jazz and new age music.Sound great with tube amplifier,89dB sensitivity no problem with most push-pull tube amplifier.Two and half ways design for immaculate sound integretion.Reasonable soundstage accuracy and dimension for the price.

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