I purchased 3 pairs of these as i needed narrow on wall speakers to go behind my Woven Acoustic Screen for the front 3 L/C/R channels, and use another 2 of them high up on the back wall as surround speakers in my 5.1 surround setup in my small livingroom. The benefit of using the exact same speaker for every channel is a perfect timbre match among all the speaker channels. These speakers sit completely flush against the wall due to the single keyhole bracket not sticking out of the back of the speaker and they also have a cutout at the bottom rear of the speaker for the speaker cable. Genious!! They come in a very nice Matt Black colour and look very cool with the black acoustic magnetic covers on. They can be installed Horizontaly but not on the wall due to there not being a keyhole cutout on the back for horizontal wall placement, so you would need to sit them on a shelf/unit etc. I would say that is the only thing that should have been added to these speakers to give you the option for hanging them on the wall horizontaly. And as they are THX certified you just have them crossed over with a Subwoofer at 80hz and be done with it as i do with my Onkyo AV receiver. The blend with these on wall speakers and a subwoofer is seamless and i cannot localise my subwoofer at all. They can play loud as well if you want them to and they produce a very nice detailed and wide soundstage that doesn't sound bright or harsh. I purchased these as a blind buy and so glad i did as the price is amazing for the solid build quality, they look great and hang truly flush on the wall which my wife also loves, and of course they sound brilliant. Anyone that want's a quality on wall speaker that sounds great for a small to medium sized room need not look any further than these.

Ps. I would like to comment on the customer service that i received after purchasing these speakers. Quite simply the best i have ever had, and it's just a pity that other companies can't provide the same customer comes first service that i got from Monoprice!!