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These speakers WAY exceeded my expectations for a $100 pair of speakers. Not only are they beautifully black, but they sound UNBELIEVABLE! I bought these speakers because of the large amount of positive reviews, and I am here to post a positive review of my own! I plugged the speakers in and started playing Led Zeppelin 1 and was almost brought to tears. I have a Sherwood amplifier with my MP3 player connected and I can turn up the volume ALL THE WAY and there is no distortion whatsoever. Very pleased... If I had more room in my living room, I would get the B1000s and the B6000s. I may just have to get them and store them until I can figure out somewhere to put them...

I gave these four stars because I got these speakers a few months ago and they haven't yet stood the test of time that would make them five-star speakers.

They sound great. People come over to my house just to listen to their music on these speakers. Accurate, deep sound, and considering the unimpressive receiver I own, they were a great buy. I would definitely recommend them. One thing - if you intend on spacing them out a great deal, you should buy extra speaker wire, because the wire they come with is not that long.

I ordered these after reading rave reviews and have to say,they were right! I'm using these to replace my pair of KLH's (each speaker has 2 12" woofers)These Sony's go JUST AS LOUD,and have decent bass(although I do have a subwoofer(yamaha) as well..which I recommend)But I HAD to get some smaller speakers to fit on top of my new houses' mantle and I'm glad these crank as loud as my older BIGGER speakers.The highs aren't as "high" but all I did was turned the treble UP on my receiver(Onkyo)and its fine.I do recommend these to anyone looking for a great smaller speaker for a great price!

These are by far the best speakers you can get for the price. The highs are amazingly good...smooth, natural and completely fatigue free. The lows are very good too. Very highly recommended.

Note: They do take about 50-100 hours to fully break in.

I had just placed my order this past weekend (5/16/09). The email confirmation indicated the speakers would ship around 5/21/09. They already today 5/19/09. I had also ordered the TEAC AG-790A stereo receiver so I could once again listen to vinyl. I'm replacing a very old Radio Shack Realistic stereo receiver and Epicure 150 studio monitors. the salt in the air finally did in this old reliable equipment. Since the TEAC hasn't yet arrived, I connected the SS-B3000's to a SONY STR-K660P 5.1 receiver. Wow, was I impressed. They sound nice sitting right on the floor, no need to elevate them. Although, I've only spent a few hours listening, I must say they are well worth $99.00. Thanks Amazon for such a quick shipment.