Lastly, for ~$1350 if you haggle a little, you can get a pair of
Tannoy Saturn 8 speakers. These are much better - clean and
realistic midrange and high-end, decent bass. A pair of Saturn 6
towers sounds nearly identical, and are about $1200(figure $1100
real price).

Just out of curiosity, do you work for Tannoy? :-)

Srinath,

If you must go the Canadian route (a la Energy, Mirage) then you must also
audition Paradigm Reference and PSB.