I was with Mike (Topround) both time he (we) heard the C-8s, and I agree that they did sound wonderful. And that there was much more to be had if the front-end was better.
We heard them at Audio 202 in Far Hills, NJ. Owner Brett was very accomodating and pleasant to us for the hours we were there.
Interesting attention to detail in the stands- Decoupled via some type of material - the stands appear to be an integral part of the speaker and add, oh I forget, something like $2.5K to the price.
But the real deal was the big Ascendo MS speakers (I think that's the model). Best I've ever heard, but I've not heard that many killer systems. Strapped to a $20K Behold integrated. It was... I've never... I still...
Sorry have to go wipe myself now.
-Mike