I bought these of all things for a small * indoor * music room. This is like a 9 X 12 room in the basement where 4 or 5 people can hang out for a music jam or karaokae. I needed speakers - more like mini-PA speakers that would fit in a small space and still have some oomph. These ended up working out just fine. To cut to the chase: they are used as vocal PA speakers. NOW, DISCLAIMER: I am using them with a mini professional audio mixer (Mackie 1202VLZ), an Alesis compressor/gate which I use to protect the speakers (peak limiting) and a really nice old skool Yamaha rack mounted professional power amp (140 watts per side). The sound is very clear for the money - yes I've heard Celestion, Bose, Quads REALLY nice stuff. My point is these have a real Linkwitz-Riley crossover and are comparitively dirt cheap. Yes they are a bit boomy but used OUTDOORS (like they were intended) that should be about right as bass tends to evaporate somewhat outdoors. I run a 18db octave filter at 75db to protect the speakers. Eventually I'll get an active crossover and make it so they handle nothing below 250 Hz. Forgetting all the technical crap, they include brackets (an extra with Carvin, and many other brands). The brackets are just stamped metal but they suffice. I guess the only thing I'd say is have a clear amplifier as when I hooked them up to a true outdoor receiver (which is cheap and the opposite of my Yamaha pro amp) they sounded muffled and crappy. Not the speakers fault really.
In closing - I was broke, they were cheap, it worked. P.S. if you're into genre like metal with pummeling 28" kick drum sub bass, don't kid yourself, don't look here - they're not intended for that. You'll just blow them. Beatles sound just fine on them (Day-tripp-er yeah..) at decently loud volumes.Get more detail about AudioSource LS62W 6.5-Inch Two-Way Indoor/Outdoor Speakers (Pair) (White).
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