They often have close-outs, overstocks, etc., on sale there. H-K owns many of the brands that dominate retail (JBL, Infinity, H-K, etc., etc.). I have heard of C-V, but that's about it.

I got 2 JBL ES80CH (in cherry) towers there for $179 each. (They used to be $500 each, and the black ones still are.) I like them, and they're plenty loud but not super efficient (volume needs to be ~ 25% on my old Sony receiver to fill the room its in).

They don't have similar JBL speakers on clearance at the moment.

Something superficially similar is the Infinity P235BK https://www.harmanau...er=P253BK&status= at $149 each ($100 each off).

Definitely try to listen to them. I have some older Infinity large bookshelf speakers with very poor bass even though they have 12" woofers.

The only experience I have with amplified speaker is my 10" JBL subwoofer. It seems fine.

Basically, if you like the way they sound for the price, that's all that matters. And a good stereo can mask some speaker issues and make them sound richer. And, finally, a cheap subwoofer can make up for lack of bass in expensive speakers - don't spend a fortune to get another 10 Hz on the bottom end from your towers.

HTH. Good luck!

Cheers,
Scott.