So Guitar Center, Musicians Friend, zZounds, Midwest Pro Audio and Lighting are all ghetto ass places? Both speakers have 1" titanium drivers. Matrix 1000 can hit highs, mids, and lows with out distortion due to having 2 satellites and a sub where as running only 2 loud speakers could cause distortion and cut outs at higher volumes. Im not bashing on JBL as they are a indutry standard its just not what I need for what I'm doing.