Fantastic bookshelf speakers. When I first got them I was disappointed by the sound but clearly there is a quick break in period because after a few days it changed dramatically. Also take the time to position then correctly for your room size and your sitting location and you'll see why spending money on a good pair of bookshelf speakers can be better than a similarly priced surround sound system. Only complaint is that when using a PC as source, if I push the mute key on my keyboard the sound is all messed up when I unmute. Switching from one source back to another easily fixes this but it is annoying.