I bought these speakers a few months ago, they sound amazing. However there are many speakers in a much lower price bracket that that can keep up with them, for instance kenwood excellon components infinity reference or kappa speakers (kappa components win in my opinion). Dont get me wrong there amazing speakers but not audiophile grade also when you turn up the volume the highs can be harsh and you begin to loose detail that my rear infinity speakers continue to play. they do seam to handle the higher volumes without distortion and the sound quality is still fair. I tend to blast my music and they have held up to everything ive thrown at them. bottom line for the sale price i would recomend because there still better than most of the stuff at that price.