i use monitor9 v3 l/r speakers. they work well for movies. plenty of bass. as well as good mid range can be abit bright like stated in the post above. use em mostly for music. mainly jazz(acoustic music in general). for music they work great. nice timbre. can tell differences with different instruments played. image well with movies as well. when i use two channels for movies it sounds as if the center channel is working and when i go up to check it it is turned off.