I'm a 61 year old guy living in small, round house with a vaulted ceiling with most rooms being open above 7 feet so the ability of a speaker system to spread the sound more or less evenly around the space was of primary importance to me; directional speakers would be a last resort. Based on favorable reviews here I decided to try this with the $500 price, incl shipping, from Crutchfield via Amazon, being the top end of my budget. It has proven to be easy to set up, absolutely very "omni-directional" and fully satisfying my round-room needs, and the sound quality is thrilling and very satisfying to my alert but unsophisticated hearing. The cube-shape (about 12" per side, on feet to make it 13.5" tall) of the powered sub-woofer was a bit difficult to place in a hidden location, but probably any decent sub-woofer would be, even if different cubics. I really enjoy this speaker system.