Wife and I went to Best Buy and I gave some Klipsch speakers a listen to. The young lady showing me what they had said have ever heard anything that sound as good as these. I thought good God while they sound okay they didn't sound like any Klipsch I heard before. I think best buy must sell entry level if not Klipsch has really went downhill...IMO. I guess some of it was the listening stage..that store isn't the best place to give much chance to any speaker