First of all, like you are, I read the reviews. I was skeptical for those that said they blew them, but wanted to believe those that said they were good. I also wanted to give Boss a chance. I've never bought cheap brands. I've always had Pioneer and Rockford Fosgate. I bought two of these. In two weeks, one is blown and the other is smoking on its last leg. I hooked them up to a Boss Phantom PH5000d. If you look the amp up, you'll probably think I overpowered them. Not the case. I had each speaker in series (gives 8 ohm) and the pair in parallel (gives 4 ohm). At 4 ohms, the amp puts out 1800 watts RMS total to the two speakers that should be able to handle 2300 watts RMS total - together (1150 each). Nonetheless, they are smoking and one is unresponsive.

For the three weeks that I had them, the sound was comparable to anything out there, and they hit hard! I custom built a single enclosure for each of these (1.8 cu ft ported and tuned to 38 Hz). I wish they would have lasted. If you want to blow money this month on nothing, buy two of these.