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Overall Rating

Great value, good sound
For about $21 after shipping, these seem very hard to beat. While they are not meant for high powered systems, they are just are fine for low-to-moderate level listening. As the other reviewers here have noted, the bass response is quite surprising for a cheap 6.5-inch speaker. Don’t be ridiculous and expect a sub-woofer out of them, but if you are looking for a good low-priced speaker that doesn’t roll off too terribly in the 100hz frequency region, these are great. In this department, they flat-out destroy the old Sony XS-211S speakers that they replaced in my vehicle.

As for the treble response, I found the the speakers to be clean and without harsh peaks, but also a bit soft in the high treble frequency region. It’s nothing I can’t live with, but this is one of those times I wish my stereo had a decent treble control/EQ, as a 3-4 db increase in the 12-15khz range would help things here (I also should note that my car stereo isn’t the best in terms of frequency response either, but I still noticed it regardless, because I tested the speakers first on my home system). I suppose cheap add-on tweeters are an option to correct things here…but I don’t think any of this is significant enough of a problem to be worth the effort.

In summary, these are an excellent deal for the price. As always, I encourage people to first listen to these and a variety of other speakers in a store that allows for such, but if you can’t, these are certainly worth a leap of faith in my opinion. I’m quite happy with my purchase.