Dayton Audio Classic B65 Bookshelf Speaker Pair (Black)

Excellent sound but a bit lacking in the audio midsection. The highs are fine and the lows are surprising, but even with equalization the middle is thin. I think a 2" speaker and a coil to the woofer and capacitor to the tweeter would improve the clarity a lot.

Speakers look and sound great. High quality at a reasonable price. Recommended by audiophiles on YouTube.

If you're searching for that warmer '80s speaker sound, stop right here. There's been other comments about quality, at this price point, It is what it is. But don't let that fool you. Fosi BT20 amp.

Generally you get what you pay for in terms of sound and finish, but these punch above their weight in both. All budget speaker design is a series of demanding tradeoffs, and Dayton Audio made phenomenal choices with these. Build quality is a notch above of what they needed to be. These could not be a better fit for a starter system, in an office, or to do something better than one of those all-in-one record players (please never, ever, ever use them). Clarity is solid, bass response is respectable for bookshelves this size and being sealed. The fact it's sealed means you have more placement options and theoretically could even use them on an actual bookshelf. I would say, "Especially if you use room correction," but if you're using room correction, you're probably also spending more on speakers. Unless you're a weirdo like me and have fun using budget gear with way-overdone electronics. Five stars for the price, four stars to knock folks who think these are high-end killers down a peg.

I bought these alongside the Dayton AMT mini 8 prior to listening to these speakers as they were built. I modified the original tweeter hole to accept the AMT mini 8 and the clarity in the mids and highs are superb and do sound amazing for the price. Mind you these enclosures aren't winning any appearance awards but atleast with my tweeter modification goes, these speakers are a no trainer to buy and modify. I have these for my front and rear channels for my theater with absolutely zero complaints on clarity lows to highs. Obviously they're not hard hitting 6.5s but what the 6.5s do produce, it's clean. Would recommend for a 2.1 system or higher. I did make a mess of the glue application but it is only visual and is hidden by the cover.