GRS6PR-8 6-1/2" Poly Cone Rubber Surround Woofer

Excellent sound, it replaced a worned out Klipse 2.1 HTX 6.5 speaker.

One of the speakers in my shelf unit for my record player. Quit working found this on Amazon. At a great price purchased it and I could not be happier very clear. The bases are very good. Got a heavy duty magnet on it. Fit perfectly into the cabin that already had ten out of ten

Just got this today and put it into my older Klipsch 2.1 THX computer speaker system. My OEM sub speaker finally blew apart after 12 years the other day. :( Anyway, I wanted to give my feedback while it is fresh in my mind.~First, it doesn't come with any foam to mount the speaker on, nor does the original speaker mesh protector fit this one, as it's frame diameter is just a bit smaller. I put 1/4" think, 1/2" wide window sealer foam around the base of the speaker before mounting and it worked great to keep it from rattling. It does bolt up directly without any modifications to the speaker or box. The negative tab will need to be narrowed so the cable end will slide on. I just used some scissors and carefully trimmed the tab. It's very thin metal.Finally, it's not as good as the OEM Klipsch speaker. It doesn't have near the clarity on songs with heavy bass. It will 'garble' some with moderate volume in those situations. However, that said, for the price point, it will do the job for most people, but music aficionados will definitely want to look elsewhere. :) Then again, most of you wouldn't have this older Klipsch system if you're an aficionado, so there is that. :) I'd buy it again.

Here's a few things you need to know:Blasting (the good)1. The speaker fits the hole pattern and size of original.2. Poly speaker should last longer than the original paper and foam design, though those did sound good.3. Very affordable option (hence the 5 stars); if it was much more it would not be worth replacing.Hearing loss (the bad)1. The original speaker had a plastic ring with a groove that this replacement does not have. The groove was to hold the mesh speaker cover on. May not matter to you, some people take these off.2. The original has one small post and one larger post to keep the red/black wires on the right posts. This speaker has both the same size, which is common in my opinion. A small diameter sander on a dremel tool trimmed the post to fit.3. Not sure how much this impacts final sound but the magnet of this was slightly smaller than the original.Note: you don't need to take the plate off the back to change the speaker; the screws are accessible from the outside under the screen. Just take the speaker out and change out the wires.Took it for a test drive with "Get the party started" then "1812 Overture" sounds good. Reminded me of how good these little Klipsch computer speakers are.

I have a pair of PSB speakers. The outer edge of the speaker was phone and due to age it fell apart completely. Got these speakers to replace them and they sound great for what they are. Very pleased.

The foam surrounds in my old dbx subwoofer speakers (circa 1990) finally crumbled apart due to age. I didn't realize this until I recently rearranged my audio setup and took the opportunity to open the subwoofer panel and check things out. I had experience in the past with the foam cone surrounds on other speakers crumbling apart as they got older. Sure enough, upon opening the subwoofer panel both woofer surrounds were dried up and cracked. My guess is they had been this way for years and the sound degradation was too subtle to notice. At first, I considered just replacing the foam surrounds using a rebuild kit but I didn't think that the original speakers were of such high quality that this would be worth it. So, I started looking for a durable, 6.5-inch replacement woofer with similar specs to the original equipment.Since the old speakers had minimal markings, I did some research online about how best to select subwoofer speakers. I quickly educated myself about speaker power rating, natural frequency, and Q-factors. There is also good data out there to help you select replacement speakers considering factors such as whether or not your subwoofer is enclosed or ported. After considering various options, I determined that the GRS 6PR-8 was the right replacement since it met the power handling spec, cross-over characteristics, and enclosure design plus they also have a poly-cone and rubber surround. Rubber surrounds are considered to be more resistant to age than foam. Installation was easy and I couldn't be more pleased with this do-it-yourself project. My sound system is like new again. Great product and lots of choices from the vendor, Parts Express.

Speaker is weak.

Paired with a new titanium dome tweeter and custom crossover in old AR cabinets and sounds wonderful. Great with a 100 watt per channel receiver in a smaller room.