I can tell you that they sound great. I was listening to some Magnepan MMG (another great value in speakers, just not very sensitive or dynamic) speakers about a year ago. When my wife and daughter broght home two little kittens I packed and put away the MMG's (great cat scratching posts). I replaced them with some small monitors on the bookshelf (I refer to this day as "the day the music died). Well, since building the 2Pi Towers for my son I cannot enjoy listening without the Towers and find myself sneaking in his room while he is at school to listen to my music.