I made this mistake once, bought these speakers at one of those event sales where they sell cheep electronics, only paid $20 for the set, they sounded good for about a week then while jamming out to Sweet Child O Mine they started popping and sounding like asshole. Then I made the mistake of buying those Dual ones they sell at Wal-Mart, lasted just as long as the cheepos did. I ended up buying a nice set of Rockford Fosgates. And I always manage to drop the second one...