yes they are goregous speakers and they sound just as good, so far i've only put about 45 hours on them but they have lots more to go. Each day i slowly play them louder to wear them in which seems to be working great. These were perfect for me i thought about getting the monitor 11's but these were better for my budget and perfect for what i need them for. I think that if i would of got the monitor 11's it would of been to much for me, and with these being 600 cheaper than the 11's i have room to buy a cd player which i have just purchased, the NAD C541i CD player, and tomorrow im going to pick my my ps audio cord which i will put picks up of soon.