The speaker can be finnicky at times, sure, but goodness does it sound great and get loud. It's especially impressive when you link two speakers together. On a note of warning though, this speaker is a technical beast and can be interesting to troubleshoot (or even update).
My wife and I picked up a set of the SRS-HG1 speakers to be rear speakers for our media room surround sound system. We have been happy with the sound quality so far.