These are great speakers for the money. As usual, paradigm out performs and provides a great value. The imaging is superb and with a little tweaking you can get the sound stage in the sweet spot. These are not low hz speakers so i would recommend a sub, but they are fine without. Great look and solid build, this is my first pair of reference speakers and they are well worth the price, if not double. I have owned paradigm monitors of various age and series...these are better.