I have four of these along with the jbl center channel, These speakers truely reproduce a smooth and defined sound, great for music and eaually wonderful for movies.
In this day and age where smaller speakers seem to be a trend thereis seemingly still something to be said about the richness one can only get from towers (floor standing speakers)
I have listened to all of the speakers in the es series and I noticed that the smaller es speakers seemed to be lacking in the mid-range, thats why I went with 4 of these instead of the standard surround speakers.
I also found that the Jbl subwoofer for this series was lacking low end girth. I would use a different subwoofer (and I do), but the es80's are the tits.