Bought these couple years ago to put out on screened in porch we had built onto the house. Went to lot of stores & did find anything, then read a lot of reviews on various outdoor speakers online, before electing to give these a try. Seemed easy to find cheap, low end outdoor speakers with little to no base or very expensive high end outdoor speakers. Finding good quality, good value, that was hard. Turned out to be great decision. Great value. They sound great & have no problem filling the backyard with music from vocals of Nora Jones & Little Big Town to AC/DC or U2. When we have parties, or we are just outside doing yard work, we always get asked where we got these. People always notice the sound quality for outdoors. They are not a household name. No, they are not the quality of my Orbs, that I have inside, but pretty darn good for a fraction of the cost. Key is they have more base than anything of comparable size & many bigger, that I heard. For outside, decent base seems to be key to get the sound to carry. Sound way better than 1 of my neighbors outdoor speaker systems, a big name & over twice the cost of these. We have even used them inside for parties & they sound way better than one of my neighbors big name expensive in ceiling speakers. Given the extremes of temperatures we get in MO, high heat in summer, cold winters, did not want to risk spending a lot on outdoor speakers. I Did not find, nor can imagine, better sounding speakers for this price, sounding great now more than 2 years.