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Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
2.44 of 5, 9.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from gift

Summary:
The 101s have very nice mid range and trebble. No bass what so ever. I don't recomdend them for main speakers. Maybe for a back room. I use them to back up my polk audio speakers because they do have a wonderfull sound for the range they do produce. They can produce very nice clear highs and I can hear notes out of them that don't come from my main speakers.

Strengths:
Very crisp clear sound. They are great speakers for some aplications.

Weaknesses:
The 101s are limited by aplication use as they have absolutly no bass what so ever. They could be used a 2nd room main speaker with a small soft sub.

Price Paid:  $200.00

Summary:
These are great speakers. Nice clear and crisp sound, good bass for their size. Very very durable. I took one of them to be used at a conference I was holding and i forgot these things were only 4 ohms. my amp was set at 8 so yeah.. i smelled the speaker burning. it didnt work after that day. the other day i took it apart and checked and nothing seemed wrong except for some burnt cotton so i hooked it back up and lone behold the speaker worked again.

Strengths:
durable crisp sound

Weaknesses:
damn 4 ohms

Price Paid:  $100.00 from eBay

Summary:
I'm a musician playing a variety of gigs and needed a small, sturdy, vocal monitor with a 1/4" imput jack for my small gigs. I took a chance on these as they were considerably less than traditional "Hot Spot" monitors. These work GREAT for vocal monitors! I don't know (or care) how they would sound for a stereo system.

Strengths:
Handle a lot of power! 1/4 jack! Durable. Very smooth sound in the Vocal range.

Weaknesses:
Could use more versatile mounting capability. IE: Side mounts as well as bottom mount.

Similar Products Used:
You name it, I've used it for live performances. Mostly EV and JBL larger monitors.

Price Paid:  $0.00 from borrowed from my dad

Summary:
boomy yet honky, with a clipped upper register and distorted bass below say 200Hz. However, they were quite a bit more practical to bring into a dorm room than three-way speakers with 12" woofers. So I used them. I will not be using them again - ever. I will say that the sound did clear up some when I hooked them up to my subwoofer. One driver trying to reproduce a full range isn't going to cut it.

Strengths:
Tough case. small enough to work when others are too big.

Weaknesses:
Sound bad They say Bose, and everyone with a tin ear for half a mile thinks they are wonderful. Ugly.

Similar Products Used:
I have a Yamaha Sub/Sat system hooked up now.

Price Paid:  $220.00

Summary:
I love these... and they have a suprising special use- as a live sound speakers. I used 4 of them for a church, and the sound is AMAZING. I think it has to do with the coloring of the sound... and the strong mid range that somehow does not sound harsh. The effect is that you can NOT hear the speakers... instead it sounds like you are hearing the people speaing - and singing, etc. It is a VERY natural sound... you only notice that theyare doing their jon when a mic gets turned off, then you hear NOTHING! I would highly recommend these for doing sound in smaller spaces where you want a natural effect. I wouldn't put stuff like allot of base in them though... but they have plenty of bass to make an accoustic guitar sound very full and life like, etc. They are strong as hell, I have used my pair for over ten years!!! I treat them hard too... they are all dented but sound and work perfectly still. Stick them on a stand and use them for stage monitoring, sweet! These are a CLASSIC IMO :)

Strengths:
Strong, natural sounding.. espcially for "sweeter" music.

Weaknesses:
Not very clear - can hide some of the details due to the coloring.

Similar Products Used:
Boston Accoustic