




Speaker upgrade time!
I decided it was time to upgrade from my "lifestyle speakers" (Definitive Technology Mythos ST) that I purchased as floor models from Bjorn's here in San Antonio, TX in 2010. They were playing double duty for a while as home theater (LR with a Mythos Ten as C; now all PowerSoundAudio) and stereo speakers in our media room and single duty more recently as stereo speakers in our living room. I've had both sub amps blow; first one was covered under warranty in 2016 (outside of warranty coverage, mind you) and the second one blew last year way out of warranty and they're now hard to get parts for. I've enjoyed them for the most part, but as I'm sure many might agree, the bass sounds a bit artificial, heavy/boomy, and these cabinets were designed to look great (and I think they do, IMO) and modern vs sound great given the lack of cabinet space.
I chose the Mofi Sourcepoint 888 for a few of reasons: primarily because of the overwhelmingly positive reviews, they're in my price range, and positioning doesn't matter as much for imaging since I have limited space to play with given our odd living room layout.
I just had them delivered today (purchased from Crutchfield Scratch and Dent at a discount with not a single scratch or dent) and I have to say, I'm very pleased so far after listening to them for 3+ hours (I listened to a mix of jazz, classical, Celtic, rock, metal and a bit of rap). The highs are crisp and clear, great mid-bass, and enough low-end that I don't think I'll need a subwoofer in the room. I'm also very pleased with the room filling sound and the pretty forgiving imaging moving to different spots out of the MLP on the couch. Both the wife and I will have to get used to the size compared to the slim DTs, but I think they look great and very high quality.
Ignore the somewhat randomly placed decorations, missing mantel and cabinet doors as we just finished a remodel of our living room and still have some finishing touches (I'm building new doors for the cabinets and finishing a spalted pecan slab for the mantle).