Dayton Audio DC200-8 8" Classic Woofer

When I received the Dayton Audio DC200-8 8" Classic Woofers, I found they were carefully packed against any potential shipping damage. Taking them out of the box, it took me about 10 minutes to replace each of my 40-year-old woofers whose paper cones had long since disintegrated. Once they were replaced< I had my wife start a movie she had been watching earlier in the day. She was astonished at the difference. She commented on being able to easily hear the deep soft cello notes that she hadn't been able to hear previously. As a musician, she was immediately taken by the speakers and the clear crisp sound they produced. From my perspective, the speakers were super easy to install and I didn't have to make any adjustments to the screw holes or anything else. The sound is so much better than the old speakers, I can't remember when these old speakers sounded so good. The price was considered very reasonable. If I had to do it again, I'd chose these woofers.

Replaced blown ones in my floor standing 2 way speakers and these sound pretty darn good.

Quality replacement woofers for some nearly 40 year old Sonys that had paper cones and had just worn out. The sound is not as rich as the originals, but the price is right. Had to cut off the connectors and solder as they were too slim to fit original connections inside the speakers, but they sound pretty good as my extra rear speakers in a surround system without spending three times as much to match my fronts, which I still will probably do in the future. For now, more than adequate.

This works great for replacing the sub-woofer speaker in an Infinity BL1. The four mounting hole spacing is a little off, but its workable without drilling new mounting holes in a slightly different location. One of the speaker's female spade connectors is polarized (the minus I believe) by being a smaller width than is commonly used - that has to be replaced with a larger female spade connector.

Bought these through Amazon because Parts Express charges tax and a ton for shipping. Drop in fit and improvement for my pawn shop 3-ways I bought. Here is what I found.PROS: Strong and deep bass. Fo resonance at 29Hz is about right. I removed my external subwoofer box because these go deep and loud enough. Very smooth response and reactive to input. Excellent for direct replacement in any 8" configurationCONS: Lowish SPL rating. Power handling is average, but better then OEM. Moves a lot of air in ported configuration...may cause a "huffing" sound when off-axis. No where near subwoofer power handling and performance...but, sounds goodCONCLUSION: A steal at their price and above average performance for replacing just about any stock 8" woofer.

Excellent value, good quallity OEM style replacement with better surround, structure and good performance. It's not a super high quality woofer like a Vifa or a Peerless, but a better woofer than most original equipment 8" woofers, by far.

I bought a pair of these to fix a set of studio monitors that needed refoaming. They sounded just ok nothing special at all and in fact were a big downgrade from the originals. The finish on the actual cones looked like it they were from a two different lines of speakers. One was rough and they other was smooth and sticky. If you end up needing to return these you end up paying shipping both ways and apparently they take a restocking fee. I ended up getting less than half of what I payed, so make sure you really want these if you buy them. I expected more from parts express.

This speaker is a perfect replacement for Realistic Nova 15- 8 inch woofer. I was concerned that it wouldn't produce the sound as equal or close to the original... I couldn't be more wrong. This speaker IMHO sounds better. Don't make the mistake of re-foaming or repairing blown speaker as I did, save your money and time, Just buy it, you won't be disappointed. I forgot to mention that they fit in the original mounting position of Nova 15 cabinet without modification or drilling new holes. However you will need to modify the speaker connection wire in the cabinet to fit to speakers, a real simple fix.