Overall verdict
“They are genuinely an excellent speaker.”
“They sound fantastic.”
“I would definitely say that they are a highly recommended speaker.”
“10 out of 10 speaker. Would recommend.”
Neutrality & sound signature
“They are not your stereotypical audiophile speaker.”
“These speakers are almost extremely neutral.”
“The Arendals are very neutral, but they have pretty effortless dynamic swings.”
“They are not a boring flat sounding speaker, even though they are extremely neutral.”
“They are a true full-range tower.”
Dynamics
“They wake up and excite the room pretty quickly and effortlessly.”
“They have very good dynamics.”
“Especially if you power them with a good quality amplifier.”
“You could play them at very high reference volumes and they won’t break a sweat.”
Bass performance
“These things can dig pretty deep.”
“At 20 Hz, we’re getting usable bass.”
“It’s pretty incredible.”
“You would expect it with a tower this large with triple 8-inch woofers, but it’s still pretty awesome.”
“They dig super deep.”
Imaging
“The imaging actually kind of amazed me.”
“I was still getting this perfect phantom center from these speakers.”
“With the Arendals it was basically just like plop a speaker on the left and the right side of the room and I was happy with the imaging.”
“That was very, very exciting for me.”
Frequency response
“This is an extremely neutral, very well-done speaker.”
“You get a very gradual downward slope that almost mimics a Harman curve.”
Home theater
“If you’re trying to do two-channel hi-fi… they’re great for that.”
“If you want to build a home theater system using these, then they’re great for that as well.”
“The fact that they have that same mid-range and tweeter on all of the speakers in the series means… you’re going to get a nice coherent sound from the entire surround sound system.”
Build quality
“They are extremely solid feeling and very well-built towers.”
“The styling on these things is really, really cool.”
“They’re a company that cares about their customers and the user experience.”
“I love to see that.”
Longevity & value
“These are the type of speakers that you’re going to buy and you’ll be able to hand down to your kids.”
“They are so well built that I see them lasting 40, 50, 60 years.”
