Finally hooked my sub to the Alesis Elevate monitors this past weekend and was really pleased with their sound - actually, very impressed would describe it better. I recorded a couple of guitar tracks, a bass track and a drum track for my initial test, really just messing around with something made up on the spot. I've had "bookshelf speakers" of varying brands over the years that were good but have never had monitors designed for mixing and there's quite a difference - I can hear what I've been missing! Anyway, I think for the sale price of $69.00 for the pair at GC or even if I had paid the regular $99.00 price, these are a steal and I can't wait to do some more recording & mixing using these. Highly recommended.