As far as i know, nobody said playing music was impossible... These subs have a very, and i mean very sharp roll off. They remind me of AQ HDC3s in terms of projected response. That means they were\are designed to be peaky, very peaky. So when playing music on them, they will audibly roll off around 8-15hz above tuning and say bye bye to frequencies above that. The N2s are suggested for smooth accurate playback so a user doesn't have that peaky sound. Now, if a user likes the peakyness, then there is no problem.