I bought these for my office at work. I've been very surprised with the overall quality of the sound these speakers produce for the price, with plenty of volume for my intended use. I listen to everything from jazz to blues and heavy metal. My boss has the Bose system for his i-pod, the Bose is much louder but IMHO these put the $$$ Bose to shame when you consider price. Not a home system as your never going to rattle the windows, but great bang for the buck.
Let me start by saying I am a music major and am quite finicky about sound quality. Furthermore, I listen to anything from Def Leppard to Beethoven. I also am a bargain shopper. These speakers -for their price- absolutely ROCK! They handle ALL kinds of music and give you the wonderful high and low overtones that can sometimes be lost in classical genres. I tried to push the limits of these speakers (within reason) by cranking up the volume or turning them way down to see if I still could pick up bass lines; in all regards these passed with flying colors. I am not saying that these out perform a 300 dollar bose stereo or that there aren't higher quality options out there... but man, for the buck, these bad boys are the best. I use mine with my ipod nano as a small unit stereo and I am just thrilled with them.
I purchased these for my office desk where I wanted a crisp sound for low volume daily listening. Anything from Ambient, to Rock and Jazz. They produce sounds nicely, nice tight crisp. If these came with a woofer unit these would be ideal speakers, as the 2-pieces alone do not produce any significant bass at all. Just the "hints" of bass in the music but no thud, if that's what you are hoping for. I did turn these up loud to listen to their full sound and they do sound good. These are perfect for offices and just daily music, sound is superb. Not for audiophiles or for people who are expecting to shake everything on their desks.
Build quality is "ok". I got the white speakers and they are the nice "Mac" white plastic. The JBL logo on the speaker itself is awfully big. And the silver volume knob is made of that cheap silver flake paint over plastic which is abit tacky. One of the soft rubber pads on the bottom of these (meant to not scratch your desk) did fall off during opening but they are glued on so no big deal in placing it back on.
Build quality is "ok". I got the white speakers and they are the nice "Mac" white plastic. The JBL logo on the speaker itself is awfully big. And the silver volume knob is made of that cheap silver flake paint over plastic which is abit tacky. One of the soft rubber pads on the bottom of these (meant to not scratch your desk) did fall off during opening but they are glued on so no big deal in placing it back on.
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