![]() You could put together a five speaker surround sound system for about $124 using two pairs of the B452-Air speakers and a C452-Air center. There are very few, if any, tower, bookshelf, and center channel speakers that have such a low cost, let alone any that use AMT tweeters. This should give it substantially more low-end output than others in the series.Īs with the B652-Air, pricing is extremely modest for the rest of the line-up. One minor difference in the T652 is that it is a ported design whereas all the others are sealed. The speakers, called the B452-Air, T652-Air, and C452-Air, respectively, all use the same 1”x1” AMT tweeter of the B652-Air. A larger tower speaker using two 6.5” woofers was also released, as well as a center channel companion that uses two 4.5” woofers in a horizontal MTM configuration. The large B652-Air bookshelf speaker now has a smaller sibling with a 4.5” woofer. The positive reception of the B652-Air incentivised Dayton Audio to expand their ‘Air’ line, with three new speakers to that series. Critical reception generally felt that it was an improvement over the dome tweeter. Hobbyists took a wide interest in the B652 as well, and many came up with ideas and attempts for modifications, since it wasn’t a big expense if the speaker was accidentally destroyed in the process.Ī few years later Dayton Audio followed up the B652 with the B652-Air, which replaced the ⅝” dome tweeter with an AMT tweeter while incurring only a small increase in price. Some reviewers felt it had met their modest expectations for such an inexpensive speaker, and other reviewers felt it had exceeded their expectations. Many people in the audio community became curious about what can be had for so little money, and professional reviews of the B652 cropped up in CNET, Sound & Vision, and even Stereophile. Currently priced at about $35 a pair (that's no typo), this is a full-sized bookshelf speaker that individually costs less than a typical large pizza. ![]() Since it is still in production, I would not be surprised if the B652 held that distinction today. Polypropylene cone with 4-layer voice coilĪh, the Dayton Audio B652, a product that achieved some fame for being what might have been the least expensive bookshelf speaker in its day to use a 6.5” woofer. ![]() 6-1/2" polypropylene cone with 4-layer coil ![]()
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