Having owned the increible sounding, easy to drive, Meadowlark Kestrel Hot Rods of the late 90's/early 2000's, I was excited to hear that the Meadowlark Kestrel was back in production. The original Kestrel, especially in Hot Rod guise, was renowned for being one of the greatest speaker deals available. Priced at less then $2k in the early 2000's, they gave real high end sound, while the simple first order crossovers and and mechanically time aligned drivers, made for an easy and benign load that required little power and was a piece of cake to drive. Add 10-20 watts of tube power, and you had the high end in your listening room.