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These were on sale with free shipping, which only made it better. As to the speakers themselves, they sound fantastic, and this is in a far from ideal listening room. The sound is clean with good imaging & surprisingly good bass. I had heard that these are the new version of a speaker given great reviews by the leading non profit consumer review organization, and they were dead on. While a bit taller than the "standard" bookshelf size, they are still light enough to be placed on any reasonable shelf. Mine are on small squares of plywood with feet at the corners attached to upside down shelf brackets which are screwed to studs in the wall - no deflection, no rattle.

I'm on a tight budget because I'm a college student and I was looking around everywhere for speakers that could handle everything by themselves (good bass quality, nice highs and mids). As of right now, my setup only has these two speakers and they are hooked up to a Denon AVR-1507 and they sound really good. The only concern of mine with the speakers is that the sound seems a little on the shallow side for the bass, but its not too bad. By themselves these speakers definitely can stand on there own and for anybody on a budget looking for great speakers these are it. I feel that even though the bass is just a tad shallow it doesn't merit giving these speakers 4 stars, they are definitely 5 star speakers. As soon as I pair these with a woofer, I'm sure they would sound even better.

For the money, these are excellent speakers. I have them hooked up to a collection of older, formerly well respected components--which probably helps--and they sound good all across the range. They're not bookshelf speakers, really, so take your measurements carefully if that's what you're after, but if you get a pair, I think you will be highly satisfied with their quality. The only thing I'd change is the connectors, which are the easy to use type you just push on and poke the wire into, but that don't last as long nor grip as tightly as other connectors.

Our 20 year old expensive speakers fell apart and I looked at replacements for up to $800 each. Then I saw these Sony Book Shelf speakers and decided to try them. Very good sound at a bargain price. And nicely made too. Big enough to stand on the floor. I recommend them.

I am very impressed with these speakers. I am setting up a 7.1 surround sound system and bought these for my rear speakers but I tried them temporarily to replace my main front speakers and they could very well do that. Very good sound at a great price.