Customer Reviews

Pyle Home PDIC81RD 8-Inch Two-Way In-Ceiling Speaker System (Pair)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

For less than $50, these are an outstanding deal - cheaper than what I could have bought at Home Depot/Lowes. Wanted a set of white inexpensive ceiling speakers for the formal dining room - wife holds occassional card games and other women group functions in there and wanted some background music. These Pyle speakers were perfect: inexpensive, sounds good (though it does lack bass - but hey when you get a gaggle of women playing cards they don't care or appreciate the fact that the bass level is lacking). Very easy to install (it takes more time to run the speaker wiring up in the attic than to install the speakers). Make sure you have a wall board hand saw, a good stud finder (make sure there are no studs located on the other side of the ceiling where you want to install the speakers), and a Shop Vac (for the clean up). I would definitely buy these again and would recommend them.

This speaker is good for this price only. Any higher and it would make it not worth it. I'll review it based on the price first. The build quality of the frame looks very good. Feels like it'll last for a long time. The woofers are said made of polypropylene which feels like heavy paper. Again for the price, it's good.

As for the sound, for the price again, it sounds acceptable. You will probably not find any better sounding speaker at this price. This doesn't have any circuitry (crossover) behind the speaker at all, hence the front only picture. The back side of the speaker has some "cheap" feel to it but I'm guessing that's necessary for their price target.

Now comparing it to a slightly more expensive competition, to a yamaha priced at $20 dollars higher (IW280C). The sound of this is lacking bass and clarity comparing to the yamaha's. I compared them side by side using same cable and on the floor before install. This pyle performed acceptable though considering it doesn't have crossover behind it but still way below yamaha's especially in terms of clarity. On yamaha you could hear vibrating guitar strings clearly and as well as the swoosh of the wind blowing while on pyle the same things are not as audible.

Now for people looking for very shallow round speaker, this is for you. It's only 3.5 inch deep because of lack of circuitry behind (crossover). You won't find any shallower round speaker than that. Me, I had special need for shallow one and this one fit perfect.

Now, the 2 stars, it's because it performed significantly lower than the slightly expensive competition. Maybe 4 times lower. It's not angled speakers (a must for surround), no circuitry behind (to help on sound routing), paper-like woofers (easier to blow out), not enough bass (for deeper feel), not enough richness (for hi def feel), and cheap wire connectors (to make good signal transfer). Not worth the $20 savings against yahama's cheapest model.

There's no doubt that this is the best at this price point. Pyle has been making car speakers for years and this is what it exactly looks, feels, and sounds like. Remember though that cars have different acoustics than living rooms that's why speakers in your car sound fantastic. But in open areas, they won't perform as well. In your car you are "sandwiched" between speakers while in living room you are showered with sound (with ceiling speakers).

My recommendation, add extra couple bucks to go to the next cheapest, so you leap yourself forward to a future-proofer system. No extra couple of bucks? Hold off and save. Can't hold off anymore? Then this is the perfect speaker for you. No doubt.

I hope this is helpful enough for people trying to decide.

its a TWO WAY speaker which I find a requirement so you can hear the highs and the lows. It is by Pyle which made car speakers for many years and I got good use out of them as well. EASY mounting information and templates ARE included. Totally fool proof.

I like these speakers. It put them in my kitchen ceiling. They have good, clear sound. Very easy and quick to install.

Thought these speakers would be the right choice. However, ordered 2 pairs and all four speakers where broke around the ring because the factory had tightened the screw to tight holding the speaker inside the plastic white ring thus breaking it in half. These obviously were not broke during shipping but from the manufacture. I dont blame Amazon/UPS but Pyle for letting these ship without inspection.

Do not buy unless you buy glue to fix them upon arrival.

This is a nice set of speakers, for a decent price, this is the second set we bougth because the first set after a loud nice of music got burned

I bought 2 sets of these (4 total speakers) two years ago to use as surround sound in my home. Sure it doesn't have the power of a nice set of box speakers, but that wasn't what I was wanting. I needed a nice set of in-wall speakers that would fade nicely into the background when not in use, but put out enough sound to fill the room when necessary. I've got a subwoofer for the bass, so no worries about the lows, and the highs work wonderfully. The wires attach with clips, so installation was a snap once I got my holes drilled.

If I ever wire up sound for another room, these are the speakers I'm getting.

Bought these for a kitchen renovation and am very
happy with them. They sound great, and installtion
method was a breeze. Bass sounds better than expected
also...

The Pyle Home PDIC81RD 8-Inch Two-Way In-Ceiling Speaker System,Is an awesome speaker.Only problem was the way it was packaged.It was a Box in a box with very little foam protection.Outside box came crushed in one corner,inside box the same but no damaged to product.Make sure you ask for extra protection for product delivery.Overall will order again.

these speakers don't have any type of crossover - very cheaply made - spend a few more dollars and get something worth having