These absorbers look much better than your normal foam blocks which justifies for the higher. I am a bit suspicious about the absorbtion as there is a lot of reflective surface, but again, when aestethics is important, there needs to be some compromise. The faux wood looks very nice, no problem there. However it is very thin and brittle and can be easily damaged. For that reason only I am giving one star less. But still, I would buy it again simply because it is hard to find anything better looking with similar absorbtion specs and price.