These are awesome for the price they even sound like old school cerwin vegas

wow these little book shelf’s do amazing work sound better than my polk t50s glad i decided to get these much smaller and take up less space and look fantastic i bought 4 of them running speakers A and B 2 channel my records and cassettes and CD’s sound great good job cerwin-vega

Better then any budget speakers I've ever owned, pioneers, time-frames, techniques, Onkyo all of em

I have had several pairs of speakers over the years. KEF LS50, Tannoy xt8F, JBL 4309 speakers, monitor audio 100 silver. In most cases if you have good quality upstream audio (dac, pre-amp, amp), the main difference between speakers is not that much. Resolution, dispersion, tonality are the qualities I go for beyond just the frequency range the speakers can produce.

To me these CW LA165 come really close to the JBL 4309 in tonality, clarity. Dispersion is not as good as the JBLs. But JBLs were $1400 a pair vs the $270 price for these CWs.

Sound signature wise these are warm, natural, good punchy bass, wonderful clear vocals.
Cons: Cabinets could be better braced and sound a bit hollow when doing the knock test, but I don't see any impact to the sound produced. Dispersion could be better.

Overall a wonderful pair of speakers for most people. Just pair it with a good quality integrated amp or receiver and enjoy for a lifetime.

These awesome bookshelf speakers will be here in 2 days. I've loved Cerwin Vega for decades now. I never had any complaints. I can't wait for these to arrive. I had to downsize to smaller speakers since we've moved into an apartment. I'm not going to wait till i receive them to give my quick review. I'm giving these bad boys (5 Stars).!
I highly recommend these..