Dave, I've been let down. The good news is that it was a relatively inexpensive pair of monitors I purchased for my daughter. She was off to college and I didn't have time to listen locally. The JM Labs were pretty good, but not up to the hype. Since everything is systems dependent, I'm certainly not ruling that out. From now on, I will always try before I buy. So much, to quote Thedautch, "depends on the ear and the gear." IMHO, reviews simply can't pick that up.