Dayton Audio Classic B65 Bookshelf Speakers, 6.5" Woofer & 1" Tweeter, Passive 2-Way Design, 60W RMS, for Music, TV & Home Audio Systems – Black

If you're searching for that warmer '80s speaker sound, stop right here. There's been other comments about quality, at this price point, It is what it is. But don't let that fool you. Fosi BT20 amp.

I bought these alongside the Dayton AMT mini 8 prior to listening to these speakers as they were built. I modified the original tweeter hole to accept the AMT mini 8 and the clarity in the mids and highs are superb and do sound amazing for the price. Mind you these enclosures aren't winning any appearance awards but atleast with my tweeter modification goes, these speakers are a no trainer to buy and modify. I have these for my front and rear channels for my theater with absolutely zero complaints on clarity lows to highs. Obviously they're not hard hitting 6.5s but what the 6.5s do produce, it's clean. Would recommend for a 2.1 system or higher. I did make a mess of the glue application but it is only visual and is hidden by the cover.

Generally you get what you pay for in terms of sound and finish, but these punch above their weight in both. All budget speaker design is a series of demanding tradeoffs, and Dayton Audio made phenomenal choices with these. Build quality is a notch above of what they needed to be. These could not be a better fit for a starter system, in an office, or to do something better than one of those all-in-one record players (please never, ever, ever use them). Clarity is solid, bass response is respectable for bookshelves this size and being sealed. The fact it's sealed means you have more placement options and theoretically could even use them on an actual bookshelf. I would say, "Especially if you use room correction," but if you're using room correction, you're probably also spending more on speakers. Unless you're a weirdo like me and have fun using budget gear with way-overdone electronics. Five stars for the price, four stars to knock folks who think these are high-end killers down a peg.

Highly recommend. Very nice. The B65’s are great and the C40 center channel is pretty good I’d say don’t bother with the B40 bookshelves they aren’t anything special . I would also recommend a decent receiver and a subwoofer to pair with them and you’ll be set.

These speakers sound very good and to me can compete with speakers costing three times as much. if you need a pair of bookshelf speaker get these.

Easy setup. Sounds great, clear sound. Nice look. Fits nicely on the entertainment table.

The good: Easily the best sounding bookshelf speakers I've heard in a long time that were not hugely expensive. I tested a set out running a Fosi Audio BT30D and found them to be much more lively than I had expected. Great sound for a budget friendly 2.1 channel home stereo system that provided room filling mids and highs as well as a decent amount of bass kick from the 6.5 woofer. Vocals and instruments were represented very well in my opinion. The bad: I purchased a set with every intention of placing them on their respective bookshelves to avoid the cost of buying or building speaker stands for them. Unfortunately, without the open air to breathe, the whole range of sound suffered, but especially those previously room filling mids and about 90% of bass response. So, if you have the space and the budget to make the proper accommodations for a set of these bookshelf speakers, they are fantastic and I would not hesitate to rely on them for the bulk of my music listening outside of the car. But without a more open environment to place the speakers where they seem to really shine, they are a pass.

First of all, I got the wrong item -- my package had two grey speakers, rather than one black and one grey. Second, both of the speakers were damaged. They had dents in the corners and were very dinged up. It didn't look like they were actually wood, more like someone stuck a wood decal around the edge. The box they came in had clearly been re-used like four times, there was an excessive amount of tape, multiple address labels, and the box itself was falling apart. Clearly someone else had ordered these, was unsatisfied with the quality, and returned them, and the company still kept the damaged speakers in circulation. I'm very disappointed, will be returning and will not be repurchasing from this brand.

Speakers look and sound great. High quality at a reasonable price. Recommended by audiophiles on YouTube.