Tread carefully Eoin. I bought what I thought were my endgame speakers - Mk2 SBL’s. Purchased new from Audio T in Brighton, set up by Julian.
They sounded awful in my room, bright and thin. In fact, I’d borrowed a pair previously and assumed they just didn’t work in a different room, but were similarly horrid. That was with a NAP250 too. I’d heard them sounding great many rooms so it was really frustrating. Sanity restored by Dynaudio’s and then moved
on to Shahinians.
They may be worth a punt as they are really cheap used (no idea why).Imaging is definitely not a strong point, speed of bass, timing, general musicality and detail are though.
You are welcome to borrow my ES14’s, I’d be looking at Ruark (Talisman/Crusader) for a safer option but the midrange driver of the Crusader is no longer available.