These are great speakers. Don't let the low price deter you, they are plenty loud and clear. I use my Denon 3700H as a preamp and power these with external amps. They punch way above their price point.

this is excellent, I love that

In the beginning, I wasn't impressed at all. They sounded terribly out of the box. Too bright and ugly sound. But after setting up the right crossover settings on the receiver and by the end of the break-in period, they started to sound amazing! Make sure to follow the break-in instructions. Now, after that, I really love them! They are simply the most awesome in-wall/ceiling speakers for the price! These are way better than the Micca ones I have in my bedroom. The sound dispersion and clarity are awesome.

I bought these without too many reviews but I have to say they sound great and were easy (as possible with an in-wall) to install. No regrets. Hopefully they last a while as now have a pretty large hole in the wall. I hooked them up to two different receivers. An older large stereo receiver and they sounded good, a little bright and not as much bass but clear and louder than I would ever want to go. Then I got myself a small 100W amp off amazon that had adjustments for treble and bass. This smaller amp can't get the volume as high but with maxed out bass and a little bump for treble they sound awesome for music and can still get louder than I would ever want to listen to music. I would recommend.

These 8" Alphas did take time to break in. The included paperwork asks for 80 hours of low volume use before turning up the power, and I'm here to tell you that you NEED to follow this instruction.

Do NOT judge these speakers' audio qualities in the first 20 hours; its going to suck and that is pretty normal. Bass response will be awful because all the materials are so stiff. But after 20 hours you will notice a significant warmup and its almost ok at 40 hours. At 65 hours I had "normal" speakers and was beginning to love them! I finished out the 80 hours with more "medium" volume and it was just fine.

If you can, build an MDF enclosure (back and sides) into your wall to help bass response. I did and — wow — I basically have "normal" cabinet speakers in wall. These 8" woofers have ALOT of capability. You've seen all the online reviews about how in-wall speakers suck, right? Well, a simple MDF enclosure solves 70% of that, and the size and build quality of these Alphas solve another 20%.

No, audiophiles are not going to recommend these for your main left / right / center channels. But especially with enclosures, every non-audiophile will have no problems doing so; they are THAT good. 8" is a helluva lot of power.

Lastly, another reviewer here recommended taking the time BEFORE actual installation to tighten each of the 6 screws (mounting tabs) and then return them back to the original position. That reviewer gets my kudos and I strongly recommend the same. The factory just screws the tabs onto the screws about 1/4"; they are crazy stiff and you want the install to be easy. By "exercising" the tabs up and down once, any kinks or burrs get worked out BEFORE you go to the wall.

Bottom line, these 8" Alphas are a good value and will work well if you just take your time pre-install and be patient while they break in. Highly recommended!

Haven’t installed them yet.

I highly recommend these speakers. I've also got a pair of the Caliber in-wall speakers (both are 3-way, 8"). I will say that the Carbon Fiber Alphas sound better to me. Granted, I am using these speakers for surround sound so most of what they do is ricochet sounds, jets flying overhead, bats flying all around, etc.. However, I did play some music through them and they sound amazing for $143.00 a pair.

Good speakers. wish the tabs were stronger

The speakers look great and sound amazing

I purchased the 3 way 8" Alphas. These are currently running as my left and right sides and surrounds to finish off my 7.1 surrounds. Marantz receiver set them as large using Audyssey. My front maybe are JBL S38s and an S Center. So far, these Alphas seen to have higher effiency over the JBLs. The mid and highs seem a little brighter. Still need to break them in, I'll try to report back later. So far, I'm pleased and may come back for more Alphas to add height speakers to complete my Atmos 11.1 surrounds.