I received my Timepiece 2.1's with Mundorf upgrades yesterday. Have only 4-5 hours on them, but this is one fine speaker. The tweeter is so much more listenable than the Focal titanium inverted dome it replaced.
I always suspected that tweeter was on the harsh side. Cymbals have an accuracy and delicateness I haven't had in my system previously. The mids and lower mids are great. Love the vocals. Reproduction of guitar, woodwinds, piano is exquisite. The bass obviously rocks, but I don't have much music that delves that deep anyway.
There is no hint of a boxy sound. The soundstage is wide and relatively deep. The 2.1's are not ideally placed. The left one is less than a foot from the sidewall and both are about 2 feet in front of my huge stereo cabinet. I don't know what affect that has acoustically. They are firing straight away and not toed in.
As an aside, my wife didn't care for the aesthetics, but she loved the sound. She has minor hearing impairment recently and had never commented on any of my speakers over the last 11 years.
These 2.1's are monsters and took 2 of us to move and position. Ideally, I'd love a smaller, lighter version (like a mini!) with a dedicated sub. The 2.1's are also a load to drive. I had the volume on the SB 2 at 100 quite a bit.
So, overall, I'm very, very pleased. What a great deal for the money.
Bob has produced a wonderful speaker.
I could live with this sound for a long time.
associated equipment
amps CIA D200's
source SB 2 with Aberdeen analog mods & Aberdeen power supply
cables Grovers S graphite I/C's and Straley Reality S/C's
power cords Black Sand Silver Reference MKV on amps and PS
no line conditioning