I recently heard the RF-7's at Audio King here in Minnesota, and was not really that impressed with them, even though they were being powered by the Sunfire amp which is good. Maybe my impression, but my Chorus I's sound better, play louder, and are a hell of a lot tighter sounding. The 7's seem to be an attempt to neuter the 'horn' sound into mainstream marketing practice, and I found the porting to provide low but loose bass. When opened up a bit, they just don't put the "fear of God" feeling down like the horn loaded oldschool's. Admittedly they are quite a bit smoother sounding in several area's, and the crossover transition is sonically almost non-existant. Depends what YOU like, listen to everything, believe NO ONE unless they've walked a mile in the shoes you are trying on.