CS-IC83 8” 3-Way In Ceiling Home Theater Speaker System (White, 5 Speakers)

These speakers sound incredible! Finding a 3 way speaker is hard, especially at an affordable price for sure. My only complaint is getting the speaker grilles installed is a little bit of a pain and it took longer to get them installed than installing the speakers to the ceiling. I used a hand drywall saw to cut out the circles, which was easy. I attached a clear sheet like the sheets you use on the floor for painting to the ceiling becsuse drywall dust gets everywhere. Then i used a shopvac to clean up the dust and a wet rag to wipe up what the shopvac left behind. I've had high end distributed audio and visual systems before and these really are fantastic. I'm going to buy another set for other zones in my house. The 8 inch woofer is great for mid bass and even a little low end, such as higher bass frequencies, but for low end you do need a subwoofer. I'm running a dedicated sub and I couldn't be happier with the quality and affordability. I also bought the 8 inch outdoor rock speakers and those are phenomenal as well. They are sold under I believe audio acoustic and not the goldwood name if I remember correctly.

I installed them in the ceiling and I was very happy with the outcome of sound and look. The installation was easy. I saved $700 I was quoted to install them. My Sony receiver STR-615, a top of the line back in 1998, is still doing a wonderful job with these new speakers. It is very hard to find the sound quality at this price. I highly recommend them. Update after one year of use: extremely happy with this purchase. The sound quality of these speakers is great and the price is unbeatable.

I gave them 5 Stars for 1 reason, they sound REALLY good for the price... no, my bad, they sound WAY better for the price point. I bought 20 speakers for in-house music on my new build, and I'm VERY happy. The installer was skeptical, but came around when he heard them. He had to admit they sounded just as good as speakers selling for $300 to $400 a pair, you know the brands. Get them... enjoy them, and keep you wallet happy :)

I'm not an audiophile, but I am very impressed by these speakers. Seeing the nearly universal positive reviews, despite the low price, I was skeptical, but after two weeks of use I'd say they're valid: these speakers may be disappointing to the most discerning of listeners, but I doubt that I could tell the difference were I to have spent substantially more. I'm using five of these, all mounted in a drop ceiling, to complete a 7.1 system. I already had the other two speakers I'm using immediately to the left and right of my TV (some Boston Acoustic bookshelf speakers that cost more than all five of these combined), and a low-end Sony Subwoofer. Accordingly, these are mainly being used as center and surround speakers, and with 5.1-encoded programming, that means they're mainly used for dialog and effects. I could not be happier with the sound -- it's a major improvement from having just the two stereo speakers, and I have yet to have even a moment wondering if the sound were somehow inferior. Instead, I'm struck by how good they sound, and how immersive the experience has been. In terms of installation, I have a drop-style ceiling in my basement, perhaps as old as the mid 1950s, with each tile being one foot square. I used the included templates to cut appropriate holes into some cheap 1/4" thick panelling that I bought and cut to replace anywhere between one to four of the existing tiles. With a little shimming and painting, I'm very happy with how it all turned out. And, I'm definitely glad that I went with ceiling speakers for this project; we have three young kids who rage in our basement, and I love that the speakers are all up and out of the way with not visible wires or protrusions to be hit by the occasional flying football!

Just finished installing them. I went from an older pair of Bose 301’s to (4) celling speakers. I’m using the setup for ambient background music. I’m pushing them with a 15-year-old Yamaha receiver. From an overall sound quality over (2) Bose speakers is a vast improvement. I have a 2-story house with about 16” gap between the floors, so once installed they sound good! Pro’s: Cost effective (I went with the 5-pack of speakers. I’m using 4, keeping one on hand in case one fails in the future.) Cons: Just like everyone else here, the front grills need to be redesigned! They are over difficulted to work with! As for removing the grills, I ended up using a tiny nail and worked it around the edge slowly prying the grill off. As for reinstalling? There’s no easy way to get them back on! I had one that I fought with for 15 min! I ended using a pair of tin-snips and made a small cut on the edge to take some pressure off the edge as to slide it back on. I would have given it a 5-Star review, but the grill issue needs to be addressed. Overall I’m very happy with them. For the price

I prewired my new construction home for 14 speakers. I moved in December and since then have been doing tons of research on in-wall / in-ceiling speakers. I was ready to spend about 1.5-2k on more commonly known brand name models (Polk, Boston acoustics, Klipsch, etc..). Then I came across these on Amazon and thought i would gamble with a set of 5 to see how they would sound in my living room. I have 10ft ceilings so i went with 8' 3-way speakers while using 16 guage speaker wire. Needless to say, this is one of the best, and a bit lucky purchases i have made in a while. My only gripe is installing the cover grill once you have secured the speaker to the wall. The first speaker took me about 1 hour to install, but the rest went by much easier once I got better with the drywall saw and knew the exact size the hole needed to be. Reinstalling the grill cover was a challenge mainly due to the fact that after you have mounted the speaker to the ceiling the plastic frame may have warped ever so slightly. If your hole is too snug it will warp the frame just enough to make the grill hard to fit. So, I grabbed a pair of needle nose pliers and made a crease on the lip of the grill cover (the part that's folded up that wedges into the housing). I just grabbed about 1/4 inch of the lip and turned about 90 degrees and repeated on 4 sides. this reduces the circumference by some millimeters to make the grill fit in a little easier. Be careful not to twist too much. After install was complete i hooked up my speakers to my onkyo receiver and played some tunes on stereo mode so i can stand below each speaker and was immediately impressed. Good bass, mids and highs. I added a 10" sub to give the movie effects that added boom factor. Im looking forward to buying the other 9 speakers i need at the fraction of the price of the higher end brands. I will save about 1.5k with these speakers!

Installed in basement ceiling. Remodeled basement and installed rock wool insulation above ceiling; installed these speakers for a 5.1 surround sound although I didn't buy a subwoofer, wanted to see how these sounded first. I have been blown away by how good these inexpensive speakers sound, and I absolutely don't need a subwoofer as these speakers produce impressive bass. I have another 5.1 surround system in my living room and need the 8" sub for that setup. I highly recommend these speakers to anyone wanting an exceptionally good value system.

Great for the price. Sound amazing. Would never know it was a “cheap” speaker