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Still breaking the NHT SuperOne 2.1's in, but so far I'm very impressed with sound quality. I remember when acoustic suspension speakers were how all good speakers were made, and used to scoff at "ported" speakers. Seems with these sealed box speakers you don't get a lot of that fake over emphasized bass. The vocals really sound wonderful with these speakers. If you like listening to great singers, than these are great for that. Nat King Cole sounds Magnifico on these babies. For $204 I feel I got a great deal.Update 8-3-2019:Got about 30 hours on thee SuperOnes now, and still continue to be impressed with the great sound quality. The bass is sounding a little better after 30 hours. The bass is very good and punchy, not over emphasized to where it interferes with the music, like some speakers I have. I've got the Ones in my main listening area now, which is about 16x26, and they can fill the room with great sound at pretty high volumes. My Elac Ub5's are in the number 2 spot now, and no immediate plans to change that. I seen that someone commented that the SuperOnes are great speakers for Audiophiles on a budget, and I would definitely agree with that.Update 8-9-2019:Love these speakers! Sound is improving with more break-in time. I've got 8 pairs of speakers, and right now these are my favorites, and some of my speakers cost 3x as much. I seen one comment said these speakers are a steal, and that is no BS.Update 12-27-2019:Still loving the NHT SuperOne 2.1's. I'm using the NHT's in my main listening area paired with a Vincent SV-500 int/amp, and they make a great pairing. The Vincent is very lively and punchy, and can sound bright on some recordings, and the NHT's are a bit on the warm side, but they match up great with the Vincent, and sound beautiful, great soundstage, and it conveys the Vincent's dynamics better than any speaker I have. Been wanting to get a "better" speaker to go with the Vincent, and right now I'm considering the NHT C3 3-way bookshelf speakers. I've got the NHT SuperZero's and the SuperOne's, and love them both, so I figured I'd stick with NHT. That being said, the NHT SuperOne's can probably match or exceed other speakers costing many times more.Update 2-4-2020:Just got a pair of NHT C3 bookshelf speakers two days ago, and breaking them in right now. The SuperOne's to my surprise sound more dynamic, and faster than the C3. I'm going to continue to listen to the C3's for a few more days before I decide to keep them or not. The C3's do have a bigger soundstage, and sound better at low volume than the One's. The One's vocals are recessed, and the C3 vocals are where they should be, so if you love music where vocals are the main concern, then the C3 is the way to go. On the other hand if you love instrumentals, and especially drums, then the SuperOne's are the way to go in my opinion, the One's are very exciting to listen to. In conclusion the NHT SuperOne's are probably the speaker deal of the century. I'm not giving up on the C3's yet, no way, they have some great attributes that the One's don't have. In a few days I'll make my mind up whether to keep the C3's or not.Update 2-7-2020:Well I sent the NHT C3's back for refund. I thought since I Loved the SuperOne's, that I might like the C3's even better, but I like the SuperOne's better. If somebody ever comes over, and I want to impress them with what my stereo can do, it wouldn't be the C3's, but the SuperOne's with their punchy, dynamic sound that would impress. The C3's were very well made, and solid as a rock. They had a big soundtage, and would play loud, but they just didn't have that oomph that I like about the SuperOne's. The C3's despite having all aluminum drivers was not harsh sounding. Looks like I'll just stick with the SuperOne's and enjoy.Update 2-10-2020:Well I did it again, and bought another pair of bookshelf speakers, just to see how far up I have to go to beat the NHT SuperOne's. This time it is a pair of Dynaudio Emit M20's. They coast five times what the One's cost, so they better be able to beat the One's, but if they don't, then it's hit the road jack.Update 2-14-2020:I've been listening to the Newly arrived Dynaudio Emit m20's for about two days so far, and they are nice sounding speakers for sure. They are pretty big for bookshelf speakers. I like the understated black satin look really. When I did the knuckle test on the side it sounded sort of hollow. I was thinking the Dynaudio's would sound sort of like the NHT's, but better. The Emit m20's do have a very big sound stage, and they are lively and dynamic like the NHT's. One thing I must have in a stereo speaker, is it must do drums well, and sound as close to the real thing as possible, and the Emit m20's are very good with drums. I've read that these Dynaudio speakers may take a good while to break in, so I'll give them their chance before I make my mind up. The place I got them has a 60 day no questions asked return policy. Right now the thing that bugs me about the Dynaudio's is they are too bass heavy for my taste. They can definitely knock out some serious bass, but one of my pet peeves is a speaker that is bass heavy to the point of getting in the way of the rest of the music. I've got the Dyn's on 22" stands filled with kitty litter, and setting on 2" concrete slabs with spiked metal feet on the bottom of the stands. The speakers are setting at 24" from the floor, and this seems like a pretty good height, but I would really like them to be 26" off the floor, so I should have gotten 24" stands. I have the Dyn's at 40" from the back wall, and about 50" from the side walls, and this placement is about the best I can get for sound. The Dyn's are giving me some boominess, and that bugs me. I'll give them a couple of weeks to see how and if they change. Other than the boominess they sound wonderful. I think I should have went for the Emit m10's.Update 3-8-2020:I tried the Dynaudio Emit m20's for about 250 hours of listening, but decided to return them and stickWith the NHT SuperOne's. The NHT's just sound better to me. It's hard to believe that a $200 speakerbeat a $1000 speaker, but it did. I think some of the reasons for the One's great sound is: 1. acoustic suspension2. paper cone woofer 3. soft dome tweeter. I don't know how far up the speaker tree I'd have to go to beatthe One's, but I have a suspicion it might be something like the Harbeth BBC Monitors to beat the NHT's, but they are about $2,500 a pair.Update 4-15-2020:At this point I've come to the conclusion that the NHT SuperOne 2.1 is the perfect speaker for me. It's like I've found the sound I've been looking for. I've tried about 13 different pairs of bookshelf speakers ranging up tp $1000 a pair, and none made me feel like they were my perfect sound. Now this is of course very subjective, and my perfect sound isn't going to be yours, but you know when you've found it, there is no doubt. It sure is strange that I got that with a $200 pair of speakers, and I've given up on trying to figure that out. That being said I just ordered a pair of Paradigm Atom SE speakers, and who knows maybe it can become my perfect sound. I'll let you know how that turns out.Update 7-25-2024:Sorry it took so long to update. I got the Paradigm Atom SE speakers, and they sound great for the money, but the NHT's are still top dogs for me. I got a pair of Tekton Lore Reference floor standing speakers about 4 years ago, and have been listening to them since then, and they are amazing speakers. I just yesterday put my old NHT's on top of the Tekton speakers, and thought I'd check them out again. Wow! The NHT's are an amazing speaker, and in some ways beat the big Tekton's. Love the Tekton's, but the NHT's are fabulous speakers, and I'd never part with them.
