Pros: For someone who disdains vinyl wrap, these textured vinyl speakers are attractive, especially without the grills. Very efficient, you don't need a lot of watts to get them loud(if that is your goal). Even though I don't use banana plugs, the binding posts were easy to use with bare 14 ga wire. For the price of these, you can't buy much in the way of used speakers. If you do, they will be used and possibly abused. Very enjoyable with instrumental jazz on my tube integrated, but they really shine on my 70's solid state units with some Dire Straits and other 70/80's rock.

Cons: If you are buying speakers to place right against a wall and/or on a bookshelf, these are rear ported and not for you. I have mine 12 - 15" out from the corners and they are fine. You may find they need a break-in period. I listened to these for 1 hour with music I knew like the back of my hand and thought they were a little veiled in the mids and highs and seriously lacking bass. I left them playing for 2 straight days at low volume and played them again with the same tracks. Big difference! The subtle layers were now as apparent as they are on my floorstand speakers. Even though the bass improved these will never approach my 12" 3-way speakers, nor would any reasonable person expect them to. You can always add a sub later if wanted.

Overall Review: I would recommend them if they will fit your application. Shouldn't be placed right up against a wall, in or on a bookshelf or right in a corner. They require stands or as I have done set them on another set of (properly protected) speakers. Speaker positioning is huge and many won't go through the exercise to get that right. If you hear muddy/boomy bass move them away from the wall.

Pros: Excellent sound, and better than I would have expected from bookshelf speakers at this price range. Works well for music listening as well as home theater application. Solid build quality. Aesthetically pleasing - looks good with or without the speaker grills.

Cons: Bass response is good, but you may want to consider adding a subwoofer if you want more pronounced bass.

Overall Review: I've owned a pair of these speakers for just over two years. I had originally purchased these for use with a Lepai LP-2020A+ mini-amplifier. I had planned on buying a basic set of bookshelf speakers to pair with the amp, as this was not going to be my primary music system, but when the Klipsch KB-15's dropped significantly in price (from $250 down to $150 at the time) I decided to treat myself. I'm glad I did - they sound great. Listening to them for the first time, I heard notes in certain songs that I had never heard before. I liked these speakers so much that I replaced a pair of the speakers in my home theater system (these sound better than my previous front left and right speakers). At this price ($99.99), I might add another pair for a separate music listening room.

Pros: I first purchased the Icon center speaker pairing with another brand speaker and Onkyo receiver and it sounded great. After replaceing the other brand and adding 2 sets of these I was worried about the sound. But after listening for about 5 days the sound is awesome. I ordered 2 more sets for my basement family room. Preferred a actual receiver/speaker setup versus a sound bar because I enjoy listening to music as well as Tv. Also added the Klipsch 8 inch subwoofer. WOW, Crisp and Clean.

Cons: None at this price point.

Overall Review: None.

Pros: Great home theater horn clarity...great for some music as well Decent bass for size Great bang for the buck

Cons: none at this price level...if you are looking for "audiophile" quality you aren't shopping this price level.

Overall Review: The lower-priced Klipsch speakers (icon/Synergy) are very good for what they are for what you pay, especially if you can get them on sale. The Icon series in particular seems very close to Reference II quality (now the "step up" is called Reference Premiere.)

Pros: so far so good, they sound great.... and 99.00 bucks for the pair were great too

Cons: none so far

Overall Review: 99.00 bucks is a steal for these

Pros: Nice clean sound, although not "bass heavy" it's still present in near field uses - such as a computer desk - and bass quality is way ahead of the Sony SS-B1000s they replaced. Using a tone generator, they still have some kick down to ~45Hz, not bad for 5.25" drivers. Sounds pretty good with both rock and electronic music Fair price (on sale for $100) "Unique" look Binding post connectors, better than the cheap spring clips used in a lot of cheaper speakers

Cons: Only con so far? Larger than the SS-B1000s they replaced, even though they're both 2-way speakers with 5.25" drivers.

Overall Review: Replaced a set of Sony SS-B1000s for my desktop, using a cheap Pyle amp. A good investment and a solid upgrade over the Sonys, which had the "hollow" sound Allan S. mentioned.

Pros: Great speaker. Great sound quality.Bought it while on sale here.

Cons: None so far.

Pros: The posts feel heavy and were easy to use. The grills are good looking.

Cons: 8 ohms were a little quieter than my existing 6 ohms set that I paired them with.

Overall Review: I would recommend this as a starter speaker set.