And do they sound good? The B&O systems I've come across have been
ovbiviously design-led (and I don't mean audio design:-). One has to
suspect they're idiosyncratic for the sake of it, not because an
engineer made a breakthrough that column speakers actually SOUNDED
better?


Oh right. I've just had a look at the brochure. This is HEAVY
"lifestyle" stuff :-) And those powered speakers have "2500 watts of
digital amplification". At least you wouldn't need central heating as
well.