Monoprice 2-Way Carbon Fiber In-Ceiling Speakers - 6.5 Inch With 15 Degree Angled Drivers (Pair) - Alpha Series

Truly phenomenal Atmos ceiling speakers. Monoprice has really stepped-up their game these past years with their Monolith line and speakers like these. Quality is very high, and much higher than other more expensive brands. I did have a mounting tab screw snap, even being careful, but I'm glad it snapped instead of breaking something. Easily replaced and happens to all ceiling speakers if the tabs don't engage just right. The speaker enclosure is angled 15 degrees and the tweeter can also be angled separately. Sound quality is excellent and they are actually pretty sensitive, so not a difficult load on your amp. Anti reflective foam inside the angled enclosure is a nice touch, binding posts for speaker wire are not cheap spring tabs, and you have 3 treble settings. The plastic enclosure is a high quality plastic too, and the magnetic grills are very solid. FYI, the template and manual are hidden under the cardboard in the bottom of the box. I honestly can't fault them!

Used 4 of these as Dolby Atmos height ceiling speakers in our Home Theater project. Everything about these speakers is what you'd want in a project like this: Good value, good quality, easy installation, great sound.The Audyssey speaker calibration in our Denon AVR showed these able to handle down to 40hz, and the EQ curve was surprisingly flat. Since they are Atmos speakers, I set the low-pass to 60hz and let the AVR apply the measured EQ curve. All 4 speakers had practically identical EQ curves and volume levels to each other, which should be expected but unfortunately is not always the case with value-priced speakers.The magnetic grills are a great design that hold in place tightly, but remove very easily with no forcing or drama.There's a treble attenuation switch that remains accessible behind the grill without removing the speaker that lets you tone down the tweeter by a few DB if you need this for your application.The very sturdy terminals can take any kind of wire, spade or banana plug you care to use. They have very strong springs and are gold plated.No rattles, no flatness, deadness or punchiness - just clean Atmos height goodness that makes overhead sounds come to life.Very pleased - I would buy these again without reservation.

These are working great as my atmos speakers, got 4 of them. The 6” do a great job filling the room with sound. Not bright speakers but also not truely neutral either, which is nice given their purpose and the sounds they’ll be reproducing. I tested and compared these with several other brands and they were the least bright and got surprisingly low for being in the attic. If anything they are louder than most, not in your face loud but every room correction had these lowered a good bit and others raised for comparison. They lack a little detail cimpared to higher end brands but your getting 80-90% of the sound quality for a fraction of the cost! And cost matters, esp when getting a speaker that’s only getting a limited amount of frequency sent to it. Make sure you position them correctly and as close to on axis as you can, most ppl don’t or don’t know how, and these will work wonders. Super easy instal, like most nowadays. The only con here is the seller offers them cheaper on their website but you don’t get free returns.

Bought and returned due to false advertising. I've been building my own speakers as a hobby for 25 years. I know how to measure a driver, this is a 6 1/2" speaker driver not an 8" as advertised. No way to stretch the imagination to make this an 8" speaker.Sound is fair to poor with an overly stiff surround on the cone. This makes the driver harder to drive (needs lots of power to produce any bass) Woofer with holes in the closed basket make for lots of reflections back thru the cone and muddy the sound. Tweeter is sharp and biting.On the positive side, the design and build quality of the plastic is pretty good. I guess I expected too much. These were for a dedicated HT Atmos application.

sound as good as entry to mid level Sonance or comparable...

This is actually the 2nd time I've used these speakers for my living room. I've used monoprice inceilings for numerous projects and I believe these are best of their offerings. To elevate the sound these give I'd recommend boxing them off in the ceiling. I've got these chambered with about .5 cubic feet box. Two reasons to box them off are bass response and sound control. Normally you would cut the hole, wire it and install in the hole. But if you've ever used inceilings before you know how much sound will radiate from your attic which your neighbors will hear. But once chambered that'll be reduced by 90%.

I have not heard the speaker yet, however on both, I had problems where the dogears came out of their channel as I was tightening them and had to break the ceiling to get it out. Felt cheap but they are, so I guess you get what you pay for.

These are built well, easy to install, and sound amazing all at a good price. I bought 2 pair and would certainly buy again.