The most impressive thing is that you really don't notice the lack of a subwoofer, which is a total departure from most 2.1 systems, which really lean on the subwoofer to even out the satellite speakers

These things are pretty much all sparkle with no mids or lows

These things sound amazing for how small they are

These things are also LOUD without distortion... bonus!

So, these things are hard to nail

These are true bookshelf-sized studio monitor speakers, with a volume range far beyond my needs for my small office - and that's a good thing

The only thing that sorta bothers me is there is a roll-off at about 180hz unless I crank the bass knob

These things are also LOUD without distortion... bonus!

(this is a good thing in my case

Since the volume knob is hidden on the back of the first speaker, the best thing to do is to max your audio source volume, and then adjust the speaker volume knob down from max until the distortion stops

With that in mind if you have a tube preamp or DAC that you can feed into these things holy

Some people would view this as a bad thing or like they are cutting corners or

For such a small size and such a low price, I can only say mostly good things about these little speakers

The only thing would have appreciated at this price range is a headphone output in the front

Amazing sound quality, beautiful in the space and we received what we ordered which is always a good thing.

Very good sound, not as great as the more expensive and larger 1280T, fair enough.

Very good sound, not as great as the more expensive and larger 1280T, fair enough.

Very good sound, not as great as the more expensive and larger 1280T, fair enough.

n’t work very well.

n’t let the speakers break in fully, but the sound is already far better than I expected from a pair of powered bookshelf speakers

lolAnd again I'm trying my best to express how happy I