NEUMI BS5 Passive Bookshelf Speakers, 5-Inch Woofer, 1-Inch Tweeter, Dark Wood, 1 Pair

Small speaker, big sound. Detailed, clear, full sound. I use these near field and close to a wall. They sit over my desk and the stereo imaging and details in the sound are great. Especially for the price. I have turned the bass and treble down to get a little more mids in, because sometimes EQ is not just about adding frequencies but removing some to accentuate what is missing. These small units fill a small to medium sized room just fine.

For a $139 set of speakers, these are incredible. Great full and bold sound. Good stereo imaging with big images and decent front to back layering. I do not feel the need to connect a subwoofer since the bottom end is full and can go down really low. Great for all music genres, jazz, acoustic, female and male voices, chants, classical. Really enjoy all Reference Recordings of classical music, Hedflux ambient grooves, and other well recorded music. Very enjoyable to listen to. A great buy, a great price, a great product.

To preface, I am an audiophile, and I'm pretty picky. BUT, I'm not an audio snob, I very much appreciate low-cost speakers that sound good. Venues such as Amazon has brought us very good audio equipment without having to pay insane prices. When you get these, play them for awhile to break in. Actually, you should do that with any speaker. They need time to loosen up. The good - They are very pleasant sounding. Decent bass (hey, it's only a 5 1/4), and treble is nice, if a bit rolled back. I would classify these as "warm" speakers, meaning the highs and mids are a bit on the subtle side. They have a pretty decent response graph for an inexpensive speaker, so they are not fatiguing at all. The cabinets are attractive, if a bit plain. The magnetic grills are a nice touch and the magnets are quite strong. The front porting will allow more flexibility in placement and they can be put closer to walls. These are very well suited to near-field application, such as on a desk. The bad - The cabinets are a bit on the hollow side. I will probably glue a dowel in mine to stiffen them. The treble is a bit laid back for me. I like my speakers a little on the brighter side, and these are on the warm side of the spectrum. Some will like that, I find them lacking a bit on dynamics. These are also very inefficient, but that's only a problem if you don't have the power to drive them. I compared these to a set of kit speakers I built that cost $100. This might not be entirely fair; the kit speakers probably have superior parts due to the fact that the manufacturer does not have costs in assembly. Assembly and finish came from my equity, and some skills are required to build them. But, the $100 kit speakers were significantly better than these. I also compared them with the Micca RB-42 speakers costing $150. They are pretty close, but the Miccas are slightly better, having better cabinets and a more refined crossover. But, these are a better bargain. Then there are t he Micca OoOs for $100. I would still take the OoOs between the two, though these will play louder than the OoOs due to the larger driver. In summery, these are very good speakers for the price. If $90 is your budget, I don't know of a better set of speakers. They are pleasant to listen to and anyone but the most demanding of listeners will love them. It wasn't long ago that you would have paid big bucks for speakers of this quality, so we can be thankful that internet companies such as Amazon have provided sales venues for new brands who are making quality audio for budget prices. As I mentioned earlier, I am quite particular about my speakers. But I will keep these and enjoy them. Good listening! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Speaker components have changed very little over the years: bass driver, mid range, and tweeter in a rectangular box for the most part. What has changed is the refinement of those components. I've only had these small speakers for a few days now but I already know they were a good purchase. I'm using them in a 16 x 18 foot room and they easily fill the space with sound. The sound is slightly on the warm side which I like. The mid range and tweeter are excellent. Because of their size the bass may be a little lacking for some people. bit if you have a receiver with a 'bass boost' function you'll be fine. They really sound good for the price. You could probably spend 200 dollars more and not get a better sounding speaker. A few YouTubers tested these out and came to the same conclusion. If you want to hear these speakers at their best, listen to any album by Johannes Linstead. He's a Spanish guitarist with a great backup band. I think a lot of people would be happy with the sound of these speakers.

These are my first set of passive speakers. I'm new to the world of hifi audio, but I'm very happy with the sound. I have these speakers paired with a Le Audio Cattle Pro Class D Amp, a FIIO R2R DAC, and two input sources: computer via usb and a TEAC CD-P650 cd player from a thrift store. Very happy with the sound.

... they go well in my garage... love them.

Perfect for small studio apartments. Adequate bass and clarity. I paired this with a Fosi Audio BT20A and it's perfect!

They are connected to a Fosi mini class D amp for streaming music in my living room. Sounds great.

There Are Budget speakers I tried 3 pairs Micca, Sony and on other names not coming to mind. I was expecting more considering the Reviewers. Nueumi BS5 Poor highs and sound very distanced. Settled for SMNy CSS-5 (3 way) bookshelves with excellent highes and it felt like the band war right there. Of Course I Bought the sony's at $100 off so they were budget!

Update: *Minus 1 star for bad, bad factory smell! Smell was present in the vinyl wrap of the speaker. Had to air the room/speaker, whilst breathing in noxious odor for two whole days to get the smell off!!! There is still some lingering smell even after many months!!* Apart from the bad smell from my speaker.... This is a great neutral speaker and my preliminary observations are that it has excellent directivity & soundstage. A compact 5 incher that truly sounds like a 5 incher! I live in a flat where my living room isn't too large, where I use 5 inch bookshelves, the bedrooms use 4 inchers. And there is a difference in the soundstage width and basically how big the sound is, with 5 vs 4, as I am very well aware of by now... As this is a relatively compact 5 incher, I actually can get that big living room sound now in my master bedroom! Wow! Compared with and A/Bed the BS5s with a Dali Spektor 1 and the Dalis audibly had a smaller soundstage width and weaker bass. Though its bass was precise and blended in very well. Had to reduce the bass a little on the Neumis as they were shoved up all the way against the wall of my bedroom TV console. {I actually bought them for this use scenario as they have front reflex ports.} After which, the sound was well balanced and very pleasing; this neutral speaker shone, honestly and unassumingly (like a neutral speaker would) bringing forth the actuality of whatever media content was playing with a scale disproportionate to it's size. I will update accordingly as I spend more time with this speaker. But it definitely is a keeper! :) Long term update: They're still holding their own against the competition (ie: the other 6 speakers) in my bedroom. As they're not bright, I only use them for music or music-based TV shows. Or when the kids are watching. Movies or shows where speech is the main thing will see the brighter speakers doing duty (ie: Dali Spektor 1/Micca mb42x/Polk T15). This completes my set of (mainly warmer) music speakers (Neumi BS5/Polk S10/Micca OoOs). The Neumis serve a purpose & are doing it exceedingly well. Will be keeping these for a long time, they're great.... Apart from the smell....