These monitors are everything I ever wanted to have, I use them to listen to music, produce, monitor.. pretty much everything and they never let me down. I even took them to a small gig and they did amazing. I definitely recommend them to any music lover that also wants to HEAR everything CLEAN. From my research they're the most flat response monitor speakers for the price range I could've get. Could've got HS7 for a more "friendly with apartment rooms" response, but I always dreamed about HS8 big woof lower freqs. I have to mention a downside as well though, they sound so well that you want to listen to them all day everyday, unfortunately they do be causing a bit of ear fatigue after prolonged hours of use. That depends on other things as well, mandatory ear breaks, how the room you put them in is treated, how close or far the placement is, height etc. At the end of the day, what they say it's pretty true though, things you make from these speakers tend to translate well on other speakers as well. Last mention, I definitely recommend is getting stands, foam pads they can sit on and decent cables+audio card (i got a focusrite, it's good) Thankfully Thomann came clutch on this one because I was on a budget back then and they had a combo with stands as well. Enjoy!