The sound quality and the looks of the Niles really impress me. They look like ROCKS! Most rock speakers don't look like rocks or speakers - more like odd colored dinasaur poop. Most blat too much midrange to cover a wide outdoor area too. Niles has a more ? "indoor" or pleasing sound to me.

For many years, we've just shoved the Niles OS speakers in the shrubs on aluminum posts rather than the lessor sound quality of the rockustics. I've had the Niles OS in the backyard for over 7 years, they're really great.

Unfortunately, I do have a problem with bad color fade on the Niles RS (rocks), though. I've had to RA a few. Anyone else had this problem?