AudioSource AS8S Eight-inch Full Range In-Wall Speakers (Pair)

by AudioSource

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 12 x 10.2 inches ; 13.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000E9DO9Q
• Item model number: AS8S
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,792 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

AudioSource's AS8S eight-inch speakers go right into your walls to combine out-of-the-way convenience with the audio needs of your home or business. The AS8S is a sophisticated full range speaker that consists of an eight-inch woofer, a one-inch pole mounted swivel tweeter, and a two-inch midrange to cover a frequency response range of 28 Hz to 24 kHz.

The speakers are designed to be moisture-resistant, with the woofers constructed of polypropylene and surrounded with Butyl rubber for durability. The baked enamel-coated grill is rust-proof and easy-to-paint, letting you adjust the speakers' appearance to your decor. The tweeters are treated with ferro fluid cooled voice coil for extended highs. With a power handling of 100 watts and a sensitivity of 90 dB, the AS8S gives you quality and value, and is perfect for home theater use or for distributed sound.

The AS8S is packaged in pairs.

Product Description

8 Inch Three Way In-Wall Speaker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great speaker at this low price, November 9, 2007

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Mr homeowner (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AudioSource AS8S Eight-inch Full Range In-Wall Speakers (Pair) (Electronics)

The one reviewer who rated them one star WITHOUT LISTENING TO THEM should be ignored. I have two pair of theses speakers installed in rear walls and side walls for 7.1 system and they work fine. I had someone over last weekend and I had to point the speakers out for him, he had never noticed them before [he had been in the house 6 to 8 times before]. I turned the speakers off and went to stereo and then he noticed them right away! I am very happy with them and and the "disappear" when the speaker grilles are painted wall color. That was the idea when I got them. A pair of three way, in the wall, eight inch woofer speakers for $80 to $90 is a GREAT deal. I may now put three of them in the front as main and center speakers cause the wife does not like the large speakers I am using there now. I am running these speakers with Audiosource's "low boy" subwoofer which is also a fine speaker and works very well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars AudioSource AS8S Speaker Review, January 11, 2007

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J. Wells - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AudioSource AS8S Eight-inch Full Range In-Wall Speakers (Pair) (Electronics)

Good value for speakers of this quality. Ordred 3 pairs of speakers of which one speaker of one of the pair had distortion. All of the other speakers sound great. Called Audio Source tech support to obtain an in-warranty replacement without any hassles. Did take Audio Source 1 1/2 months to send me a replacement (only after I called and reminded them). Replacement speaker works fine.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars AS8S - Good Speakers But Dont Pay too Much, November 18, 2009

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Michael T. Lloyd "Corky" (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AudioSource AS8S Eight-inch Full Range In-Wall Speakers (Pair) (Electronics)

First off, let me say I have owned and installed a lot of Audiosource Equipment, including amps and in wall speakers. My other review is for Audiosource IW-8S speakers, an in-wall, 3-way, gem of a speaker - I installed 8 pair of them in my condo in Chicago.

Having moved into new construction, I again went to the Audiosource well, wanting more IW-8S speakers, and found a wholesaler with 4 pairs to sell at $30 a pair. You can get the AS8S speakers anywhere for around $30-$40 a pair, so listing for $169 make me laugh out loud.

On with my story. What was delivered were not 3-way IW-8S speakers, but 2-way AS8S speakers. I called the seller, who never opened the shipping cartons to inspect what she was selling, so it was an honest mistake, and she said I could return these speakers. For $30 a pair, returning them was more trouble then it was worth so I decided to keep them. I have installed some, and will share my perceptions of these speakers with you.

For $30 a pair, I find their power handling ability very good, and the frequency response is also quite good, but you do need a sbubwoofer! On performance, I am a little disappointed they do not match the 3-way IW-8S speakers, but they are in my basement for the most part, so they function well enough. My gripe about these speakers? The installation process.

I mentioned above, I've installed 8 pair of Audiosource speakers, which came with the dog-ear dry wall locks, that for normal people make installation fairly simple (if you exclude cutting drywall holes, running cables and trips to the Emergency Room). You'll have none of that with the AS8S, as they use an arcane bracket system which I scrapped and created my own template and mounting hardware to secure the speakers properly.

The bracket system with these speakers is junk, but again, at $30 a pair, and a little effort, I devised a better system with some concrete bolts and wood-framing what works much better and provides more support for the speaker.

Dont buy these speakers unless you want to spend considerable time getting the install right. They sound very good, but if I paid $169 a pair, they would have been returned with one look in the box. For me, and for what I paid, they function quite well, and will rock my basement when used in stereo mode, which makes me happy. They were a good deal for the price I paid.