The DSP8K was the best sounding speaker we auditioned, bar none. We had been leaning towards Watt/Puppys, but I think within 1 minute of hearing the DSP8Ks (although we auditioned for 4 hours) we were sold (it helps that we bought demo units for the same appriximate price of the Watt/Puppys + amp + cables). Outside of the pair of 8Ks I am not particularly attached to Meridian - I use a 500 as a source (1) because I got a good deal on it and (2) it integrates well (from a control perspective) with the DSP speakers.

Plus the engineering concept of the DSP speaker is IMHO optimal for digital source material...

Plus we got to avoid the religious wars regarding speaker cables...