Brother,personally I really like polk.I have a pair of rt35i bookshelf speakers,and I love them,I used them for 2 years,I gave them to my son along with my onkyo reciever,he is to the age where he is getting into hifi...14..lol.Im using boston acoustics(vr950) lynnfields,I bought because they half price,$350,coudnt go wrong with that deal,their the best speakers I have ever owned,but the polks I think are awful hard to beat for the $$$ usually!I was was going to buy a pair of rt50's,they were on sell for $400,their reg.$600,and they sound awful good,but the bostons were a better deal at half price,and I never have owned a pair of boston's,so that was my reasoning.You'll hear a few people bash polk on here,but those folks usually own,or want to own something more high end.Polk is my favorite speaker for $100 to $600 price range,of course ive heard some of their $1200,$1500,and they compare with others in that range.Good reliable tunes...Polk Audio!