Lasted forever, High crossover frequency, but the 120hz bump is a downer 4 stars considering the low price

These were great on a budget. Had a good amount of bottom end, never really even allowed to turn them up past about 1/3" of their 90w per speaker RMS, especially in a untreated room. They do sound much more balanced once you turn the source up to about 30-40% of their maximum output.

Nice Silk dome tweeter, just wish the mids were more present at low volumes without using the space control at the back to kill the 45hz presence (to control the 120hz bump) which is probably worse due to the smaller room resonances.

They are well build and well designed for the price at the time, but don't have the moulded precision finish of modern monitors. Would probably work great in a louder space with a sub so they can have the mids and make use of the high crossover frequency to hear the 200hz-3khz frequency much better for anyone on the second hand market

The forward slots mean they can be closer to the wall.

Not as aggressive sounding as some of the ones aimed at bass and treble dominated music eg KRK or some Adams I've heard but not really good enough to do the other role either that some of the speakers that are midrange focussed can do - I guess they are a compromise

Not really up to modern speakers with a good response, such as a 6.5" driver in something like the entry level focal speakers. A good starter solution though if a pristine 2nd hand pair came up. Yamaha quote specs at -10db so I would need something with more bottom end than the HS series as a replacement, which cannot match these or many other speakers in the low frequencies with a hs5 or hs7.

If I replaced my speakers, I would keep these behind me to hear a typical mid-price stereo bookshelf pair as a third reference, I mostly use headphones until I have to use speakers anyway.