Thanks manualblock, I love to listen to Natalie Merchant, but also hate to as I have only heard a few speakers that she sounds good on and I simply cannot afford any of those at this time. I have seen her live and that just spoiled any trying to really listen to her at home.I have been doing some heavy research and am starting to narrow down some selections, the hard part will be convincing my wife to let theese monsterous speakers in the house although if done right they would become possibly a phone stand on one side a lamp stand on the other and mabey a t.v stand for the center...who knows.