Review Details

Ai60 High Performance Powered 6.5” Bookshelf Speakers

Product Rating:

Product Review (submitted on August 20, 2020):

These are a great replacement for a soundbar or a standard 2.X passive setup. I wanted to simply my media setup but still get good sound for music, games, movies, etc. I current setup is:

Optical for TV
RCA for turntable
USB for raspberry pi with Spotify client running

Pros:
-Sound: Great amount of bass. I live in an apartment so it's the perfect amount that you can hear but doesn't shake the walls, although you could easily add a sub if you'd like. Where you will really see the differences between these and a soundbar is in the mid-bass / mid frequencies. I actually had a soundbar side by side with the ai60s and the lack of sound in the bar/sub crossover region was obvious.
-Nice variety of inputs
-Hits a solid price point between lower end speakers (Edifier) and upper end (Kanto).

Cons:
-Dialogue can be harder to hear at lower volumes (result of DSP I believe). Wish there was more tuning the end user could do on the DSP/equalizer part.
-No auto on/off. This might not be a problem for some people but this is one of those nice features that other speakers and soundbars often have. It'd be nice not having to pick up the remote as much.

Neutrals (extra thoughts):
-Wish there was a solid white colorway