Saiyin Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers for Record Player,...

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"TL/DR:- If your audio source does not have a way to EQ the sound then pass on these immediately.- The sound quality is very muddy.- There's better options out there.So most people will write a review with statements like "i am not an audiophile". Well I am, but I am not an audiophile with an endless budget so I like to found the best sound per dollar there is and this is not them.I was traveling for work and needed something to take with me to play with keyboards/drum machines at my work destination. Thus I typically take my small portal Klipsch pro 2.1 setup which might be 15yrs old in terms of when it came out but for that size I don't think you can find anything better sounding. Now the Klipsch pro 2.1's have the dumbest pin connecter for the audio and known junky fuse's and eventually died so thus I had to get on amazon and get somethin temporary to replace them. I did not want to go over 100.00.I stumbled on these , read the reviews and figured i'd try them. I paid around 90.00 so keep that in mind.Packaging:This was fine. I saw lots of comments about speakers coming destroyed, etc. They were packaged well enough and you can't blame the speaker makers for ups kicking around your packageSetup:Easy enough, Took a minute to get the BT part working but it all works.Exterior Quality:good enough.. Wasn't expecting much for 90 and they are on par with thatPower:I am thinking these are on par with their advertised rating of 40w. That should be more than enough if the speaker has a decent sensitivity rating, but I am not sure what that is as it was not in the details.Sound:OK so this is where the 2 stars come off for me. I kept reading all these comments about "room filling bass" and "wow these sound amazing".. I think there's a couple things going on here. I don't think these are fake comments. I just think these are folks that have always had just really cruddy desktop speakers and then got these and were like ...woah..more db's. I seriously have no idea how these are crossed over at, but whatever they chose its horrible. The bass people are hearing is a very muddy bump in the frequencies between 100-250hz.. It's awful and this is where a lot of the mud is. Once I EQ'd that down to reasonable levels you could still tell that these were just cheap speakers. There is 0 punch in the 5" woofer, and don't say "well it's only 5 what are you expecting". I have 5" elac's at home that bass so punchy you feel like you are standing in a club filled with funktion one subs. They are just cheap'ish. What stinks is that the cabinet is probably sized right. It's just the speakers are crud. Also not sure why they ported them on the front. Seems like most people might have these on their desk with a wall behind and a rear port might help with some of the sub bass. I tried and tried to EQ these speakers just to get a descent sound. It's the weirdest looking EQ setting I have ever done. The high's are just ok on these speakers as well. They are pretty flat, but not like flat like studio monitors (ns10's) just flat as in cheap.I am guessing you could probably swap these speakers out with some better ones from parts express, but at that point you should have just got a whole better set.These speakers should be 50.00. They'd be just ok enough for a patio set or something like in your garage. I wasn't expecting B&W's for 90.00 but at least something that sounded better than these.Edifier aren't much better. If you are in this market, i'd try to get your hands on a good set of the klipsch pro 2.1's and just understand that their life span is typically 5-10yrs. Or spend a little more and get a separate amp and some elac's or something else, but then your budget is getting into the 400-500.00 range.Hope that helps."