Absolutely beautiful sounding speakers. Got a pair for my 5.1 HT. The mids and highs out of these things are phenomenal. I enjoy feeling like I'm in a theater right in my own living room.

When I think about how to describe the CG5s, the word that keep circling back to is extraordinary. I’ve read about how good RSLs little bookshelf speakers are. I like speakers with a bit more heft, so when the cg5 line came out, I had to try a set of them. I’ve owned a number of speakers since I got bit by the audio bug back in the 90s’. Currently I have SVS Ultras in my living room, that I picked up used for a great price. The Ultras have been a sort of place-holder while I’ve searched for something a little more musical. I like the Ultras, and they fill my 22x19 living room nicely, they just lack something I can’t quite put my finger on. Most of the listening I do in the living room is music. Its probably 70/30 music to movies. Most of the serious listening and movie watching takes place in my 30x24 basement theater, through a set of towers I picked up just under 10 years ago. I’ve listened to the cg5s now for almost a month. Truth be told, I didn’t expect to keep them, I was more just curious to see what they were all about. Most of the initial listening was done with the intention of finding what I don’t like, rather than what I do. That’s where the problems started. I wasn’t finding anything. No Ordinary Love by Sade, sounded phenomenal, and this is after a couple hours of break in while watching TV. Sade’s voice is like velvet, and I could almost feel her presence in the room. In fact, everything sounded present. Ok, so good start. But could they handle something harder, like Led Zeppelin, or The Who, maybe some AC/DC? Effortlessly. I listened to Thunderstruck twice in a row because I couldn’t get over how good it sounded. I’ve heard this song more times than I can count, in fact I really don’t choose to listen to it unless its specifically for testing purposes. When I heard it through the cg5s, I just couldn’t believe it. The guitars were big and powerful, but I could still hear every nuance of the vocals. Amazing. The sound dominated my living room, in a good way. Im really shocked that speakers this small are doing this. I told my son to come over. He’s been interested in doing a theater in his basement. Sat him down in front of the cg5s and give him control. He played some Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana, and then some electronic music that I’m too old-school for. As we’re listening, the sound just wanted to take over our motor skills and force pour heads to bob and out feet to tap. It was fun, a lot of fun. When I put my Ultras back, the sound was large and loud, but somewhat displeasing. You lose that connection and everything sounds more muddled together. It was like going from a 60” tv to an 80” tv with better color and contrast. Everything was clearer and more defined through the cg5s. So long story short, my son is taking my Ultras for now, and the cg5s are staying. I knew these would be good speakers, I just wasn’t expecting how good. I’m going to bring these downstairs and listen against my towers. I’m kind of afraid of what I’m going to find. I paid over 4 times as much for the towers and now I’m not sure if I need to upgrade those too.