I really like the design of these speakers since gen 1, but I guess for others, that depends on whether or not they like rock music. The biggest problem I found with the previous gen Marshall speakers is that they don't offer competitive sound for the money. The Woburn for example costs as much or more than the Sonos Play 5 but the Sonos Play 5 is clearly better with deeper bass, vastly better imaging / stereo separation and more neutral in my opinion. I hope the new ones are more competitive now.