After taking a peek inside, I can see how these speakers are 1) NOT worth the full price tag, but 2) worth the Black friday 1/2 off sale price.
What did I find? For starters, I was able to view the crossover from the front port...air core inductors, solid(steel) core inductors, and electrolytic caps..so nothing special..ho-hum.
For the tweeter/compression driver, there was a neo magnet structure with a good size aluminum heatsink...a welcome design
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For the woofer, it uses a stamped basket (but its painted, so it looks not as cheap). Diaphragm was stiff and seemed like it could have good damping (inverted dust cap is a plus in my book
)Magnet was a good size (its shielded, but not with that large metal casing surrounding the magnet). Another welcome design...a vented pole piece
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Enclosure? Well, there's a good amount of corner bracing, along with a couple of cross braces that are also corner-braced to increase rigidity...I suppose. A decent amount of dampening material in the middle of the cabinet along with a thinner sheet of dark dampening material lining the bottom of the cabinet.
All in all, I think its a decent overall design for entry-level. I'm guessing they allocated the budget a little more towards the drivers and the cabinet aesthetics/design. Like I said before, for the 1/2 off sale price, these IMO are a good deal
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