Great low-end response for their size. Probably not enough to satisfy true bass-heads without some EQ, but for 97% of people this are all you need for a monster 2.0 system.

Power-hungry, but they can take the juice. Loud enough to really jam out in your kitchen on a Sunday while making breakfast but I don't think I'd be comfortable using them solo to rock a house-party. The bass output can fool you: they seem like larger speakers than they are, so I'd imagine more than a few of these have been blown up by enthusiastic owners already.

I power mine with a Lab.Gruppen Lucia 240/2. I give them a +2 dB low shelf at 56 Hz, dip out 200 Hz by 2 dB with a bandwidth of 1 (to compensate for muddiness I attribute to my corner speaker placement), and then a +2 dB high shelf at 11.2k to help them sparkle just a bit more since we aren't too on-axis with them. Great result.

Get a pair.

Good looking and nicely constructed speakers. I'm pushing these with a vintage B&K ST202+ power amp in a smaller room and they sound extremely good. They work particularly well with Jazz, and Classical. R&B and Rock sound fine but maybe not at concert level volumes. (I don't listen at such levels anyway.)

These compact speakers sound “amazing” and are perfectly suited for use in an average living-room or desktop setup. At first impression the tone is wonderfully balanced at any level. Their mids are as good as most speakers under $1000 a pair. Their imaging is focused and better than the coaxial speakers I'm replacing. You can tell there’s a complex crossover and that these will only get better sounding as they break-in. Considering their very low price I’m highly recommending these transmission-line-designed “Little Devils”. I’m not affiliated with Monoprice. I’m just a very satisfied customer.

Excellent. Just needs better high frequency extension.

What can I say. They are really special. I am listening to them right now .

I puchased these on a whim when they were on sale. I wasn't exactly sure if I was going to like them but for the price I paid I'm very happy with them.

They have great sound and very solid bass for a bookshelf speaker.

These speakers have a great bass response - as promised.

I honestly did not quite expect the total musicality that these well-designed speakers presented. they provide honest bass down to about 30 cycles, and at reasonably room-filling volume. their wide uniform treble dispersion creates a broad, airy stereo image with a very wide sweet spot [really a sweet area] wide enough for at least 2 people to enjoy the same stereophonic image placement. unlike most high-end speakers that require perfectly recorded "audiophile approved" recordings to sound good, these enable me to unreservedly enjoy the sound of my collection of old recordings, most of which were not well made or were worn. these speakers make ALL music sound good! highly recommended. :)

Outstanding bass response is great for classical
music lovers; the basses and cellos really shine.
It's tough even to sit in a concert hall and get the
energy here. The bargain priced Pioneers sound
thin in this area, the 59-100 hz range. Also, since
tweeter is nearer the enclosure bottom, it's
closer to ear level with speakers set on a desk.
Works well with Polk slim center channel.
Thank you for this outstanding budget value,
less than a third the price of the Solus Entre
(see 8/17 Sound & Vision review.)

For a profesional reviewers take on these magnificent speakers, look up zreviews, (language alert) here is the review: https://youtu.be/AGilE6FdgT0