I bought this blind having listened to Roland systems, the PM3 and Cm220. Both were nasally harsh which to me hurts my ears. Given that these will spen most of their time wired to my E-drums, they sound nice smooth with the cymbals at all bar highest volumes, which frankly since in that instance the speakers are only a meter away isnt suprising. At low volumes very nice indeed and yet to set them up with any real space to crank them. But they are loud. I spent similar money on QTX PAJ15 and 18" subs. Waste of cash. Buy these. The EQ is useul enough for me to mix ipod and drums, but Im sure that if you are a band you might be better off with a multi channel mixer for better and detailed fiddling. They are awesome for their size and I can only imagine that the bigger ones for bigger venues are also superb. Top marks from a happy buyer!!