Michael Swan

Currently I have two sets of speakers I really enjoy, a pair of EPI 100s and a pair of the 1200s. But going back to the 70s I always wanted some ARs but could not afford them on the 89 bucks the Army was paying me a month. So a guy not too terribly far from me has a very nice set of AR8s for about 80 bucks. He already sold his amp so can't demo them. If I decide to buy them, am I going backwards, forwards or sideways compared to the EPIs I already own? Thanks Michael