Price Paid:  $180.00 from Kay Makhan

Summary:
I got this set of speakers as a birthday present.They were 1600 Rand, which is plus minus 180$. When I first pumped up the volume, they started distorting immediatly.After a while though, they opened up and I was getting good sound. Eventually One of the tweeters blew. After I took it out and saw how under powered and crappy they where, I replaced them with a Higher rated set. I had to widen the hole in the box to fit the new magnets of the new tweeters. But it was all worth it. The harsh sound of cheap foil dome tweeters where replaced by a good pair of soft dome tweeters. I dont have to worry now, every time I crank it up. Overall it sounds real good.

Strengths:
The design of the speaker is real good. The mid/bass drivers seem more than respectable , for the price a definite bargin.

Weaknesses:
The tweeters have to go,they give a harsh and tinny sound. I suspect that the crossover is a bit suspect, Ill have a look at that later.

Similar Products Used:
Crappy car speakers and an assortment of other common brands. This set blows them all away.

Price Paid:  $350.00 from sears

Summary:
paid 250 canadaian nice sounding speakers, im using a jvc 600watt reciever and running only 2of the sonys, they sound really great, the bass response is really good, sound better if they're flipped upside down, both tweeters blew on me after 6 months of use

Strengths:
great bass response, good mids

Weaknesses:
tweeters are liquid cooled but they tend to blow on high volume

Price Paid:  $99.00 from sears

Summary:
Not as great as the polk audio speakers but for the price I paid for them, I cant complaint. Sears had them for $199 but after i found them cheaper in the Net i was able to get them for $99. A price match from Sears. Sears rocks!!!!I paired them up with the Sony SS CR490 package (Center and Surround speakers) and the SAWM40(Subwoofer). I still cant believe the sound quality I have accomplished.

Specifications:

the 2-way, 3-driver floor-standing speaker
Dual 6-1/4 inch woofers with Highly Oriented Polyolefine (HOP) cones to resist distortion
1-inch ferro-fluid cooled dome tweeter
200 w maximum power handling
Bass reflex enclosure
Magnetically shielded
A/V Grey finish
2-way, 3-driver floor-standing speaker
One pair per package

Type Floor
Woofer Size Two 6 1/4" (160 mm)
Tweeter Size 1" (25 mm)
Enclosure Bass Reflex
Frequency Range 30-20000 Hz
Power Handling, Max 200 W
Sensitivity (dB/W/m) 89 dB
Dimensions, each
(W x H x D) 8 3/4" x 37 1/2" x 11"
(22

Strengths:
Great sound, Looks nice next to my big screen tv,

Weaknesses:
waking up the neighbors

Price Paid:  $200.00 from sears

Summary:
the tweaters crapped out on me twice in 3 months but once they were fixed the speaker sounded fine nice bass clear mids im just waiting for them to break again if the tweaters didnt crap i would give them a 5 out of 5

Strengths:
good sound nice bass crisp mids

Weaknesses:
crappy tweaters

Similar Products Used:
CV e708