If you're thinking of swapping out the Dali's, have you considered the Q Acoustics Concept 40's; as mentioned above, Q Acoustics may be a good pairing with the Elex-r, and the price is good at the moment. They are a two way, rear ported design, just like all of the established competition. If you're thinking of swapping out the Dali's, have you considered the Q Acoustics Concept 40's; as mentioned above, Q Acoustics may be a good pairing with the Elex-r, and the price is good at the moment. Recommendations for speakers that sound good throughout a room (Ohm Walsh, BMR Monitors, etc). The shop had the speakers firmly mounted on a steel speaker shelf with the speaker back (and port) one inch from the front wall of the room, and they sounded so good that I had to buy a set and lug them home on the plane. I was greeted immediately with the same fantastic scale and wide holographic soundstage that drew me to the passive OBERON 5s. Actually I'm hesitating between Cambridge audio CXA80 and AX R100. The internal DSP really seems to create an exquisite tonal balance. They manage to render an expansive and sharply focused soundstage that stays