Clean, clear , non-fatiguing sound with pretty darn good bass for a small speaker. I have used them in sort of an HT setting for about 6 months now and have no regrets. They sound great with both DVD music and movie dialouge-- nothing harsh about these speakers. I run a DVD player's audio output through a Sonic Frontiers Line 1 pre-amp, McCormack amp, and to the PSBs-- didn't really compare them to other similar sized speakers. Good Luck. Craig
