After what seems like a lifetime of delays, I have finally powered up the 4355 variants. I still haven't had time to play with the EQ or run a RTA but the current results are very promising. I am running a Bryston 3B on the top and a Bryston 4B for the woofers. That gives me 150watts and 400watts. These are controlled with a Quicksilver preamp and DBX Driverack PA.
The top end is very bright and detailed and quite impressive. The woofers are capable of some distinctive bass but are not to the level I was expecting. I believe that this is largely due to my learning curve with the DBX and the gain structure system setup. Still tweaking!
I can truthfully say that I have never heard anything like these beasts. Too bad they take up so much room and are heavier than a dead hippy.
I decided to vary from the stock components because I wanted to use the Smith horns and go for the Westlake look. I picked the ME120HPL to replace the 2202H because it modeled well in a small dog box. I needed to get back the internal volume I lost with the Smith horns.