A bit late for the party but.... These little towers are favourites for DIY improvements. You can add a crossover network to improve the tweeter response, use silicon bonded hardboard panels inside (aka constrained layer damping) to kill box resonances, pad the inside of the box to even out the mids, and so on. Buy the pair for $150, add about $30 worth of improvements... and you got a pretty decent sounding pair of speakers.
I have the air. I separated them approximately 8 ft apart & 12 inches from the wall. I also found out they need to be 16 inches higher,I'm going to do that too. So far I'm getting results. Just need to get them off the ground. I'm about to get a subwoofer. Thx for this review
I actually was considering buying those until I picked up a pair of cheap tower polks which did not sound bad. I put those as my surround speakers when I got my mirages back. For those who want the surrounds to be tower instead of book shelf they would be perfect. Dayton is suppose to have good subs at a cheap price. I heard about them reading sound and vision
Good, decent speakers. These would be a good starter pair for someone just getting into home theater or someone who likes music & movies but isn't a die hard, fanatic audiophile.
Have you heard the Onkyo SKF-4800? imho very good budget towers. What are your thoughts about sitting them on bread boards, adding a couple of braces and something like Nores or polyfill?
My sister had the 6 inch bookshelves, Center channel and 4 inch bookshelves From this line set up as a five channel home theater With a 10 inch Dayton low-profile sub. It actually sounded pretty good! She recently upgraded to some smaller speakers from Revel and they do sound noticeably better but not substantially so. She wanted smaller, white speakers since the system is in her living room and that was the main reason for the upgrade.
@@Kpaceguy oh it’s more than possible. It’s a fact. A lot of sensitive tweeters just don’t handle volume I’ve found. Im 62. Starting listening and playing music at a really young age. Even my great JBLs. I brought a radio shack horn tweeter. I’m not lying. It was the only one I found that would not blow. And I’ve had many great speakers. Why would I lie? It’s not making me $. Seriously. Only a PA with power can handle music loud enough to drum to without blowing a mid or high end tweeter.
@@Kpaceguy it’s distorted when it’ sounds like it’s no longer clear. I’m not gonna argue over this with you or anyone. I know what distorted is. It’s not distorted just because it is loud? Let’s just agree to disagree
@@Kpaceguy hey. I’m not gonna argue with you. You mean to tell me you’ve never had any tweeter blowout? Yes, I love hard rock and I play instruments. But I don’t turn my stereo up to the point where it’s distorting. I would notice, I have very good ears.let’s just agree to disagree on this one. Have a great day.
I grabbed these on a whim a long time ago. Gave them to my dad and hooked them up to an Integra receiver and a powerful crown amp. These things like power. Sounded damn good with 500 watts per side.
The thing about powerful amplifiers is it removes any crunchiness or distortion from well within the safe operating range of the speakers. This means any complaints or bad quality sound at higher volume is the limitation of the speakers and provided an incompetent oaf isn't in charge of the volume level, you will get the most out of the speakers by never being ham strung by the amplifier. You do have to be a bit more sensitive to the speaker's limitations if they are used at a party, and be aware of more compressed material. Of course if you listen quietly, then there is no point. I put a peavey IPR1600 on two bass face spl 69.1. I was expecting it to be as loud as ever at 10dB from the maximum and the cones to be looking near their limits. Strangely it took it all the way to DDT light and it seemed like the amp wasn't giving them that much power over an SMSL SA98E. The speakers did start to smell a bit warm though at this level. I can only surmise that the DDT comes in early whereas an unlimited amp I had been cranking into substantial crunch zone to get more power.
I have fishers from the 80s, and they weigh like 30 or 40 pounds each, 15 inch mid woofer, and 2 tweeters on both towers, these speakers will rock the f**** out of the house, they our prefprm these speakers bass wise... but these speakers you reviewed are okay, not bad tho for the price.
After seeing those speakers for $150 not bad I have a pair of my sides and a pair of my backs the exact same brand the exact same speakers they're not going to blow you away for the price but if you keep your expectations low you will really much enjoy them if you get the better versions of those they have a little bit of better sound then those plus they can handle a lot more.
And for how they're hooked up inside was one of my biggest surprises of those as well there is no crossover or anything of that inside they are connected from the Tweeter to the first woofer to the second woofer straight to the terminals no joke I have seen them inside and they work well for what they are keep in mind they do have a cap inside those for the Tweeter but they still work pretty well.
I got the same speakers (Pair) off of Amazon for 53.00 something they are like new i don't really have space for them but i just couldn't pass them up if i'm being honest, I however may end up giving them to my brother which right now have space to make use of them fully. Right now Amazon is sold out of this speaker.
I currently run alesis elevate MK5 powered, but i just bought these and the dayton hta100 amp. Ots just going to be for my listening pleasure in my lounge. Im not holding a house party kust playing my vinyl with my sl1200mk2
The port looks a bit small, though I've used 2 2.5" ports on a single 6 x 9 speaker before. Result is the bass keeps getting louder with the rest of the sound.
If you still have the Dayton T652's, a mod You should consider doing, and showing the how to of process, is simply swapping out the bass drivers for ones that make the whole speaker be 8Ohms instead of 6. (So a random person who gets them can drive them easy.) Some nice paper cones would provably sound better than the stock ones too. The mod I am currently considering is removing all drivers, (placed into storage for future mods), filling the cabinets with sand, and sealing all the holes, Tada! Speaker stands that are just the right height for the better Big Boi MTM bookshelf's I gotz.
Any thoughts on imaging, or separation? I'm curious. I had a pair of energy cf30s years ago. They were small and cheap but couldn't image very good. Just wondering. 🙂
They have imagining and separation but the sound of it overall isn't going to be that great. It's really not a bad speaker but you don't want to so anything other than causal listening
@@Kpaceguy Thanks for the input. I think it's a great idea ro review less expensive gear so people can hear your opinion. Maybe it will get people started in the hobby. Also creates a good balance of content!
A bit late for the party but....
These little towers are favourites for DIY improvements. You can add a crossover network to improve the tweeter response, use silicon bonded hardboard panels inside (aka constrained layer damping) to kill box resonances, pad the inside of the box to even out the mids, and so on.
Buy the pair for $150, add about $30 worth of improvements... and you got a pretty decent sounding pair of speakers.
I have the air. I separated them approximately 8 ft apart & 12 inches from the wall. I also found out they need to be 16 inches higher,I'm going to do that too. So far I'm getting results. Just need to get them off the ground. I'm about to get a subwoofer.
Thx for this review
if you're going to buy these make sure you install a 2-way crossover because it doesn't have any
Not sure that would necessarily make it better to just whack any old crossover in there
i purchased a set for my nephew he loves them ! there not bad speakers .
I actually was considering buying those until I picked up a pair of cheap tower polks which did not sound bad. I put those as my surround speakers when I got my mirages back. For those who want the surrounds to be tower instead of book shelf they would be perfect. Dayton is suppose to have good subs at a cheap price. I heard about them reading sound and vision
Good, decent speakers. These would be a good starter pair for someone just getting into home theater or someone who likes music & movies but isn't a die hard, fanatic audiophile.
Try Bic America Audio
I own those same speakers with the center channel and 2 surround bipolar speakers from fluance in my bedroom they do pretty good 👌🏾
Have you heard the Onkyo SKF-4800? imho very good budget towers.
What are your thoughts about sitting them on bread boards, adding a couple of braces and something like Nores or polyfill?
Never heard of em
Thanks! Nice honest review.
I appreciate it
I might have to pick up a pair for outside. Thanks for the review.
No problem
I'm sure they'll give you some decent sound....Naturally 'World Class' audio won't be expected for only $150 a pair : )
what Receiver you running with those speakers
Anthem avm70
My sister had the 6 inch bookshelves, Center channel and 4 inch bookshelves From this line set up as a five channel home theater With a 10 inch Dayton low-profile sub. It actually sounded pretty good! She recently upgraded to some smaller speakers from Revel and they do sound noticeably better but not substantially so. She wanted smaller, white speakers since the system is in her living room and that was the main reason for the upgrade.
How's the bass on them I was going to use them as low frequency speakers for my aiwa 6.1 shelf stereo system along side the main speakers
They're better but that stereo system has a preset factory EQ curve that will keep you from reaching the better bass you want
My system has T Bass which amps the bass up a ton so I'm sure they would work just fine
@@bassmaker4real197yeah give em a try. They'll sound better regardless
What are those white tower speakers?
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I blow out every tweeter made. Not listening to it distorted. Just loud?
Shouldn't be possible unless you're distorting
@@Kpaceguy oh it’s more than possible. It’s a fact. A lot of sensitive tweeters just don’t handle volume I’ve found. Im 62. Starting listening and playing music at a really young age. Even my great JBLs. I brought a radio shack horn tweeter. I’m not lying. It was the only one I found that would not blow. And I’ve had many great speakers. Why would I lie? It’s not making me $. Seriously. Only a PA with power can handle music loud enough to drum to without blowing a mid or high end tweeter.
@@326vince if your giving it too much power than it's distorting
@@Kpaceguy it’s distorted when it’ sounds like it’s no longer clear. I’m not gonna argue over this with you or anyone. I know what distorted is. It’s not distorted just because it is loud? Let’s just agree to disagree
@@Kpaceguy hey. I’m not gonna argue with you. You mean to tell me you’ve never had any tweeter blowout? Yes, I love hard rock and I play instruments. But I don’t turn my stereo up to the point where it’s distorting. I would notice, I have very good ears.let’s just agree to disagree on this one. Have a great day.
Sounds like a 7 to me.
The floor-standing speakers I have are the SONY SS-CS3 speakers.
I grabbed these on a whim a long time ago. Gave them to my dad and hooked them up to an Integra receiver and a powerful crown amp. These things like power. Sounded damn good with 500 watts per side.
Same speaker? Because rated to 90watt but your putting nearly 6x that
Yes haha it didn't see all 200 Watts I didn't have it that loud
Perhaps they "sound damn good" once the paper cone pops out of the frame at 500 watts?
The thing about powerful amplifiers is it removes any crunchiness or distortion from well within the safe operating range of the speakers. This means any complaints or bad quality sound at higher volume is the limitation of the speakers and provided an incompetent oaf isn't in charge of the volume level, you will get the most out of the speakers by never being ham strung by the amplifier. You do have to be a bit more sensitive to the speaker's limitations if they are used at a party, and be aware of more compressed material. Of course if you listen quietly, then there is no point.
I put a peavey IPR1600 on two bass face spl 69.1. I was expecting it to be as loud as ever at 10dB from the maximum and the cones to be looking near their limits. Strangely it took it all the way to DDT light and it seemed like the amp wasn't giving them that much power over an SMSL SA98E. The speakers did start to smell a bit warm though at this level. I can only surmise that the DDT comes in early whereas an unlimited amp I had been cranking into substantial crunch zone to get more power.
I have fishers from the 80s, and they weigh like 30 or 40 pounds each, 15 inch mid woofer, and 2 tweeters on both towers, these speakers will rock the f**** out of the house, they our prefprm these speakers bass wise... but these speakers you reviewed are okay, not bad tho for the price.
Same price of a pair of Nike shoes..................................................................................
I'll just grab these then pair them with a new Yamaha Aventage receiver and call it a day. . .
After seeing those speakers for $150 not bad I have a pair of my sides and a pair of my backs the exact same brand the exact same speakers they're not going to blow you away for the price but if you keep your expectations low you will really much enjoy them if you get the better versions of those they have a little bit of better sound then those plus they can handle a lot more.
And for how they're hooked up inside was one of my biggest surprises of those as well there is no crossover or anything of that inside they are connected from the Tweeter to the first woofer to the second woofer straight to the terminals no joke I have seen them inside and they work well for what they are keep in mind they do have a cap inside those for the Tweeter but they still work pretty well.
I got the same speakers (Pair) off of Amazon for 53.00 something they are like new i don't really have space for them but i just couldn't pass them up if i'm being honest, I however may end up giving them to my brother which right now have space to make use of them fully.
Right now Amazon is sold out of this speaker.
No surprises at all until you blow them😏. A crossover is a magical thing
Very nice review. I'll bet those would make great surround speakers.🤔
I currently run alesis elevate MK5 powered, but i just bought these and the dayton hta100 amp. Ots just going to be for my listening pleasure in my lounge. Im not holding a house party kust playing my vinyl with my sl1200mk2
Probably better than the bose crap you tested last year?
Bose are just fuckin horrible...
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if you are in the UK and looking for a pair of very good and very cheap speakers: TDL Studio 10. you are welcome!
I almost got these. But I got the Polk T50. Which sound great. But I do have the Dayton’s are my surround and Atmos speakers.
The port looks a bit small, though I've used 2 2.5" ports on a single 6 x 9 speaker before. Result is the bass keeps getting louder with the rest of the sound.
Great review.. Waiting for some cheap subs too
Maybe we'll grab the cheapest sub for review
@@Kpaceguy that would be great
should have gotten the 10 or 12 inch subwoofer they make that are also super cheap and I would think come around same quality. 👍
Good video. I will have to get these.
I bet lining the box with some deadener would do wonders for that particular box.
Cool how's the sound like
It actually doesn't sound terrible. I've heard worse
i have these and they sound good and the bass hits hard they rattle my windows
These speakers are starters who just in the home theatre field.
You should have just bought a pair of nice Nike sneakers 😭😅🤣
Might still do it lol
What if you tried to improve the bracing and crossovers, like on a budget? Just to see how much you can improve the sound quality.
I have an ideal that’s bothering me. A 5.2 system with all center speakers(JbL 135c) and 2 svs subwoofers
It's been done. Technical term LCR speakers
If you still have the Dayton T652's, a mod You should consider doing, and showing the how to of process, is simply swapping out the bass drivers for ones that make the whole speaker be 8Ohms instead of 6. (So a random person who gets them can drive them easy.) Some nice paper cones would provably sound better than the stock ones too. The mod I am currently considering is removing all drivers, (placed into storage for future mods), filling the cabinets with sand, and sealing all the holes, Tada! Speaker stands that are just the right height for the better Big Boi MTM bookshelf's I gotz.
Any thoughts on imaging, or separation? I'm curious. I had a pair of energy cf30s years ago. They were small and cheap but couldn't image very good. Just wondering. 🙂
They have imagining and separation but the sound of it overall isn't going to be that great. It's really not a bad speaker but you don't want to so anything other than causal listening
@@Kpaceguy Thanks for the input. I think it's a great idea ro review less expensive gear so people can hear your opinion. Maybe it will get people started in the hobby. Also creates a good balance of content!
@@rccardbreaks2864 yes try to cover both ends of the spectrum