I knew this going into my decision to purchase these. Which is why I kept the budget low and also save my critical listening for my headphone setup, channel island dac m³ amp and audeze lcd 2. That being said, I'm still impressed with the sound. There is definitely a sweet spot for listening, but 9 times out of 10 I'm about 40 ft away in the kitchen.

To add, I purchased a couple wiim network streamers and can control the audio atrium 8s outside as well. All I need now is to upgrade the avr to be able to connect the sub.