I am using a pair of Alesis Elevate 6 Passive speakers for home hifi connected to a Marantz stereo amplifier. In the present arrangement, the music is stored in FLAC format on a Transcend StoreJet, 1 TB external HDD which acts as the source. An Amkette Flash HD Play media player decodes the FLAC files, and the decoded music is sent to a Fiio Taishan external DAC through a Toslink SPDIF cable. From the DAC, the analog signal then goes to the Marantz amplifier's inputs, and the amplifier output is to the Alesis Elevate Passive speakers. In this arrangement, I find these speakers sounding honest and beautiful. The sound is non-fatiguing and tightly controlled. While these speakers can go loud, to do so, a powerful amplifier would be required, these being 4 Ohm speakers. Alesis Elevate-6 Passives look good and are robustly constructed. They are as good as bookshelf speakers of any hifi speaker brand (and I have heard many of them). Their -3dB point is 60Hz, which I find sufficient for good bass in a medium sized drawing room. I may add that I have two other full fledged audio systems, one of which has a dedicated subwoofer, and all my statements about Alesis Elevate 6 Passives are made in comparison to the other two systems. If one still has a doubt as to whether a -3dB point of 60Hz is enough for good bass, he / she can go through the following article: http://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/showthread.php?1842-Bass-response-how-deep-should-my-speakers-go-for-a-lifelike-sound-at-home Please note, that Alesis Elevate-6 Passive speakers do not come with grills or rubber feet. While you can always add adhesive rubber / silicon feet (or alternatively try blue-tac or dual side duct tape for minimizing the contact surface and isolating the speakers) at little cost, you cannot do the same with grills. So if small children are at home, you have to be cautious in keeping them away from these speakers. Also be aware that these speakers are bigger than regular bookshelf s...