After dealing with Kenwood HTIB speakers for about 3-4 years now, I finally went to my local deler and got the full Reference line setup. I must say that I only considered the new Reference line after seeing an ad insert in one of my home theater mags. I immediately fell in love with them. I had been considering the hometheaterdirect.com line of speakers. I got a special offer of 25%! off the entire line of Klipsch. I got 2 RF 25, 2 RB 15, RC 25 and a RW 10. The sub will be in apparently the end of the month. Even while still using my old Kenwood 8" sub, the increased bass response is incredible! I love the high frequency response and brightness of these speakers. However, I have noticed the center speaker sounds distorted at times, kind of staticky, or over powered. The box was factory sealed and not sure if I should exchange it or not. They have a 30 day exchange policy.