I have several speakers in the range of 70 to 600 euros, and I am absolutely surprised by these ones. They deliver a very clear sound, are less noisy than I was expecting, quite directional, and offer a beautiful stereo effect. The features are what they are, but their quality is surprisingly better than I had anticipated. In my humble opinion, they outperform the Mackie CR5 by a significant margin. Unfortunately, I cannot currently compare them to another AMT-based speaker, but I do recall the Adam T7V from a few years ago in a recording studio, and my memory is that they were noisier.