GRS 8PR-8 8" Poly Cone Rubber Surround Woofer

by FAR the best deal i ever gotten on speakers! i got the 8s to replace the woofers in my yamaha book shelfs i blew and fyi that grey woofer is 6.5 ohms not 8 like these but none the less i replaced them with these and my 110 watt At 8 ohm AVR makes em sound amazing. they sound MUCH MUCH better than the woofers yamaha put in these book shelf speakers AND these dont POP and crackle when i crank up the volume like the yamaha grey woofers did!

Had a pair of speakers from ft Bragg nc, bought in 1976. Speakers finally died, replaced the Marantz speakers with these, sound great!

I purchased one to replace a blown woofer in a pair of old JBL bookshelf speakers, but I should have done more research beforehand. While the speaker is of quality construction and performs well given enough power, it was not a good match for my application. They are not very sensitive, so even with the bass cranked up to the maximum, at low to medium volumes it barely makes any noise. Once you give it some juice, it sounds good and has strong, punchy bass. For $12 I feel it was worth experimenting, but I will be looking for something that has better sensitivity. You can find more detailed specs at: http://www.parts-express.com/grs-8pr-8-8-poly-cone-rubber-surround-woofer--292-428

I bought an old-school DOD ICE-T 60 Watt guitar amp from a thrift store for $20 a few years ago. It had old paper cone / foam surround 8" / 8 Ohm speakers that were totally destroyed. But I remembered that these little amps had great specs, effects, sound, etc. These speakers are advertised as home-stereo, box/speaker replacements - but I gave them a try - and they are killer..! I marked and drilled new mounting holes into the amp and the speakers installed and fit perfectly. These 8" 8 Ohm speakers are SO much better technology, sound, durability, and performance than paper/foam old/tech speakers..!! I am Very happy!! Thanks for the well built, affordable speakers!!

Purchased 2 of these speakers to replace the Woofers on a pair of Yamaha NS-6490 speakers that were giving me some unwanted pops with low bass sounds in movies! At first I was a little skeptic of these polypropylene woofers; they replaced woofers that were marked 6.5 ohm even though the speaker box label has 8 ohm! I thought I made a mistake with these speakers; I got them in, connected them & thought the older ones sounded better, even after performing the AVR auto setup for them, BUT, after several hours of use and a couple of TV shows & movies later I noticed the bass becoming richer & feeling the low frequency more. A couple of days & more hours of use I reset my auto setup on my AVR & even with the movie "UP" in the scene with boulders crashing the "feeling" of the low bass was very good; I could feel the vibration of the falling boulders & I could increase the volume beyond the point the originals would pop & crack! We'll see how they last in a couple of months! using AVR with 90 watts/channel 03/31/16 update informed by seller that these woofers, as all drivers, have a break-in period of 20 to 40 hours!

Update 2: Fast forward 2 years of light use, and both GRS woofers are blown with fried voice coils. These are supposedly 200W drivers, but they couldn't handle my little 50W amplifier. I only use the PA speakers a few times a year for karaoke parties, so they definitely weren't abused or overworked. Pretty darn disappointing!!! Update 1: The sound quality got somewhat better after a couple hours of use, so I guess they just needed to be broken-in a bit. One star added... Original Review: I got two of these GRS 8" woofers to replace the woofers in some older PA speakers. The surround material on the old woofers was wearing out and cracking, and I thought these GRS drivers would be a decent upgrade. Unfortunately, they produce noticeably less bass than the originals, and they sound flat with very little depth. They'll still work for my needs despite the less-than-stellar sound quality. The PA speakers are used for karaoke at our organization's Holiday parties and Spring picnics, so hopefully they'll last for many years.

This was worth every penny so it was worth the 1400 pennies. It sounds really great probably even better if broke in. It isn't very powerful but again for the price pretty great it is still better than buying other speakers that are 5x the price. It doesn't play full range only mid or sub frequencies it could shake a small house but not mine. But still only $14.

Look and sound good. Worth the money. Used them to replace woofers in 45 year old KLH speakers. While not a perfect physical replacement fit they do the job. 4 holes rather than 8 holes and the gasket is much thicker than what was on the original so the front cover stands off a little. Because the surround is rolled up to allow large excursions it is not practical to cut away the gasket. Not a problem if you are using as an internally mounted speaker. Closed box speakers such as my KLH 32 used a thinner speaker frame and did not require a gasket on the front, just the backside as they mount on the outside of the box.

Sonne très bien

Me salió mejor sustituir el que tenia por este y suena igual que el que tenia original