Sorry for the delay, the universe did not want me to get these speakers up and running. Took a week to find the time to get them from the auction house, then I had to order banana plugs, then when everything was plugged in no sound came from the speakers, then a new pair of speaker wire and a little while of figuring out my Carver doesn't like banana plugs later, here I am. Even with my dinky Carver 6200 Receiver and not so fantastic wire they sound fantastic. I put on a Lee Ritenour "Direct Disk" and it came to life, especially at higher volumes. So as far as I can tell they work perfectly AND look great (matching pair too (: )