Price Paid:  $44.00 from Egghead.com auction

Summary:
I got these at a ridiculously low price and probably with lower expectations than some of the earlier reviewers. It is hard to fault them in any serious way when the total cost for the pair was $55 including tax and shipping, but the earlier critical comments are not entirely without merit.

When placed in a full 6 speaker setup they do a nice job, but the weak midrange seems to demand a good center channel speaker. [I sometimes do not miss the throb of bass, and a subwoofer fills them out perfectly well.]

They sound good with music as well, but with the same caveats.

Strengths:
Incredible quality for the price I paid (a pair). Compact for the amount of sound/bass they put out.

Weaknesses:
Thin in the mid-range, boomy when cranked up.

Price Paid:  $74.00 from eBay

Summary:
Like I said, good construction, full featured speakers. The veneer is nice, gold binding posts are a plus.

This speaker doesn't sound BAD, however it could sound MUCH better. Another reviewer stated it doesn't even use the same tweeter as the 208, and it does not. This immediately pissed me off.

The tweeter is the $5 mylar type, similar to what you would expect in a cheap speaker, not AR. The bass and mids are fine, but I am currently looking for a Morel or Vifa soft dome to replace the factory tweeter. It's a $50 or less upgrade, that I beleive will make all the difference in the world.

If you can get them for under $100 or so, and can spend at least $20 to upgrade the tweeters...I'd recommend them in a heartbeat. Otherwise, leave these to rear channel, workshop, or MAYBE bedroom use. Don't expect this one to be a player out of the box in a serious HT or HS.

4 stars overall, caveat: you can get em' cheap, and are willing to upgrade them.

Strengths:
Solid contruction, gold binding posts, maple finish, rubber surround on driver. Clear mids, fairly tight bass.

Weaknesses:
Cheap tweeter

Similar Products Used:
Wharfedale, Polk, Paradigm, B&W....(bookshelves)

Price Paid:  $237.00 from Audio Shop

Summary:
Very good at treble but bass is not enough.

Strengths:
Since I like seeing movie, AR 206 HO is very suitable for me in hearing the treble. Although my amplifier is a not high class product (pioneer VSA-D6), it produces a good treble with AR 206 HO. When I am seeing " Matrix", the bullets shooting and hitting sounds are very sharp and accurrate. It is a very good speaker at treble.

Weaknesses:
However, the bass is not much enough. Although the specification shows 50 Hz-20kHz, the bass is obviously not met the requirement. So my subwoofer recover this problem,let me enjoying the movie audio effects very much.

Summary:
I bought these from Accesories4less.com for 79.99. I bought them to use as surround speakers for my dolby digital system. The are easyly worth 80 dollars. The sound is truly amazing. Every detail of the movie comes through. The construction is great. It is a quality speaker down to the gold banana terminals. For the price, these speakers cant be beat.

Strengths:
Very thick sound, built well

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
AR 318ps, boston acoustic

Summary:
I am appauled that anyone on there right mind would by these speakers. For the HO series line that AR puts out it does not even share the same tweeter that the 208HO does. I was disappointed.

Strengths:
Cheap

Weaknesses:
Sounds Horrible