These speakers sound much bigger than they are, and that comes with a price, unfortunately. I AB'd them with a pair og Genelec 8020's - and while their definition in the highmids and treble are very comparable, the iLouds just don't handle lowend very well imo.
Even if the the switch on the back is set to falloff at 60 hz they are still fairly muddy and boomy sounding. I tried the 4 point arc system as well, and although it helped a little bit, I still wasn't as satisfied as with the 8020's.
The iLouds does suffer from port chuffing with songs that are bass heavy, Like for example James Blake - Limit to your love. That's even if I adjusted the EQ on the back to either 50 hz or 60 hz. I know that they aren't made to handle huge amounts of lowend having small drivers, but it sucks hearing that chuffing from the bassport.
Still the iLouds sounds incredible for their size, and handle less bass heavy genres with ease.
The thing that annoy me the most about the speakers is the built quality - Although made of tough plastic, they still feel toylike, scratches super easily and your fingerprints will be all over them + mine attracted dust so quickly - static I believe. The included feet or table stands wasn't very great feeling either.
The imaging of the iLouds was fine, but having a very narrow sweet spot imo - the 8020's are much better in that regard. In general the 8020's just seems like much more refined speakers in terms of build quality, imaging and sound presentation. It's a matter of taste, of course. But given the price they left me with much to be desired.
