Very happy, they need a little break-in to sound their best

Kind of surprised they live up to the hype. I'm an 'audiophile' but also I have realistic expectations for outdoor wall-mounted speakers. I bought these to mount on my covered patio, high on a wall. For outdoor in-wall/in-ceiling speakers in a non-ideal location, these sound very nice. Relaxed and smooth midrange and good bass. At first listen they were 'just ok', kind of hard and muffled sounding, but they broke in after a day of playing at a moderately loud volume and opened up a bit.. which is typical .. but it was still a little unexpected for me. So, give 'em a good crank and let them play for a day or 2 before you evaluate them critically. I don't understand why you'd use a spring-clip speaker input for these. Simple spades would be better. I prefer to solder something going in a ceiling or wall... spring clips are for good if you disconnect/reconnect more often... and also makes it impossible to weather seal. Minus 1 star for the stupid spring clip terminals.

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