I am very happy with my system, despite it's age, I will put it up against many of the newer offerings out there. Manufactures are not offering much in the way of passive speakers these days unless you go high end. (Don't even get me started on the pro's and cons of powered vs. passive) Thogh the system I have now has handled everything I have thrown at it. It just seems logical to acquire some back up equipment (at a good price) even if I don't have a use for it at the moment. I have spare amps, mixer, eq's, pc, xover, but not speakers. He just emailed me and said he only has one pair left. They match my current system and can be rotated in and out still keeping everything matched. I would rather have more subs then tops but maybe I'll find a matching pair of subs down the road someday or build some, since MTL1x subs are very rare.