I think this is the definition of cheap...

[IrritateGuy]

While those are cheap speakers, there is nothing inherent in the design which reinforces that fact.

Using a direct connected woofer is not new, and it is often done in certain high end speakers. A crossover is not always required.

The same goes for the motor magnet - it may appear small, but size alone is not a sign of quality (look at the Neodymium models growing popular these days). Much of the fancy frame designs do nothing to improve performance or reliability over the stamped frame of that woofer, but those heavy frames do cost much more.

That is a cheap speaker, it should use less costly parts and simpler crossover designs.

[weister42]

I got these as a free gift with another set of speakers that I bought, they're in mint condition and does sound decent, reminds me of garage speakers or that sort. I took off the woofer and found this...






The crossover consists of a capacitor and a polyswitch so the woofer is full range, the magnet is the smallest I've ever seen on a 6 1/2" woofer, they're literally the size that I expect to find in stock stereos in old cars, stiff paper cone but it's hard to get that wrong. I think these are widely used in bars and what not, it sounds decent but geez what cheapness...

[weister42]

I'm going to pawn them off on Craigslist or something. The sound kind of reminds me of the older Realistic/Optimus bookshelf speakers. They aren't bad but meh.