Customer Ratings & Reviews

I purchased three sets I love these speakers beautiful sound and great price on them I will be buying another set must have

I love it. Wonderful sound and easy installation. Very good product

Had these installed as back channel speakers. On sale, they’re a great value. Sound quality is pretty good. It’s hard to tell because back channels aren’t right in your face, but the sound field is pretty wide Get the baffles while you’re add it. Your condo neighbors will appreciate it.

These speakers were easy to install in the prewired house. I like that I could tilt them to the best listening direction. The sound is very good. The only issue is that they are only sold in pairs and I only needed 5 total.

I recently purchased the Sonance - Magnolia 8" Passive 2-Way In-Ceiling Speakers for my outdoor patio and these 8" 2-ways deliver super crisp sound and excellent bass. If you can find these on sale like I did then jump on it, way worth it!

Great sound for the price. Easy to install. Connected seamlessly to my device.

Awesome quality, clean sound and crisp Loved it definitely recommended

We are loving our new speakers. We bought 4 and placed them throughout our living area. The magnetic covers give a clean appearance you hardly notice them.

Perfect Sound loved it...They are really affordable sepakers

Guys were friendly, nice, cool! They were pretty good about cleaning up. I'm hard to please and a tough rater, so for me to say good is for others to say excellent! Finished install of ceiling speakers looks real good. Ceiling is 13'. And very importantly, no one fell off a ladder or through the ceiling!! LOL

Excellent product. Huge shoutout to the Best Buy associate who suggested to me such an amazing product!

Impressive speakers . Range of sounds evident in surround sound. Easy to install. Very pricey but i got then open box and price much more appealing

Great speakers for the price. Quality. Easy install.

My 1st experience with a ceiling speaker and i am glad i made the decision. It was the missing piece of my home theater system. I love it.

These speakers are my go to in ceiling speakers when setting up projects for clients. The sound is always impressive, they’re easy to install, and even after a 2 year install, they still sound just as great as the first day. These speakers can get LOUD and cover a massive area.

First time listening to these MAG8R's and can not say enough on how well / crisp the sound these put out.

Love them. Got them on sale for $299 a pair. I use them as front and rear surround sound speakers. They sounded good immediately but sound even better when I added the encloses on the back of the speakers. A lot of the sound was escaping in the attic. Now the enclosures force the sound down into the living room. I even stopped using the closed caption option on my TV because they sound so good. Highly recommend along with the enclosures.

In my old house, I was running a Marantz SR-5003 AVR in 5.1 mode (purchased in 2008) with Definitive Technology ProCinema 100 satellites for the front speakers, Definitive Technology in-wall speakers for the rear, a Definitive Technology ProCinema 100 center speaker, a ProCinema ProSub 100 subwoofer, and Zone 2 running Boston Acoustic outdoor speakers on the patio. When I moved, I left the in-wall and outdoor speakers with the house. I no longer use the satellites, as one has a bad tweeter, but I’m still using the center channel and subwoofer in my new home. I recently moved to a new house where I had the builder pre-wire the living room and patio for in-ceiling speakers. I’ve installed a pair of Sonance Mag8Rs for both the front and rear speakers in the living room and a pair of Mag6Rs on the patio. I’m a fairly competent audiophile (or at least I thought I was) and knew I would be sacrificing some of the surround performance with ceiling speakers in a large room. However, I was more interested in using them to play music in multi-channel stereo mode, mostly at low volumes. Even after using the Audyssey setup on the Marantz AVR, the Mag8Rs sounded flat. The highs from cymbals were almost non-existent, and the snare drum sounded more like a tom-tom. After some experimentation with the Marantz EQ settings, I was able to improve the snare drum, but I have never been happy with the highs reproduced by the Mag8Rs. A few months after the move, I began having what I diagnosed as digital signal processing (DSP) issues with the Marantz. It started with the sound cutting in and out after power-up. The issue worsened, and eventually, the sound would cut in and out periodically until it stopped working altogether. During troubleshooting, I discovered that if I connected the Marantz via analog input signal sources, I could still hear sound. That led me to suspect a DSP issue. Though I’m not 100% certain, it seems like the cause. After years of heavy use, my AVR finally gave up the ghost. I replaced the Marantz with a Denon X1700H AVR. I chose the Denon primarily because the Marantz Cinema 60 (which has specs similar to the SR-5003) is priced around $1500-$1800. I knew the Denon was a lower-end model, but I thought I’d give it a shot. After installing the Denon and running its version of Audyssey, the Mag8Rs sounded just like they did with the Marantz when I first set them up. I found the Audyssey MultEQ Editor program online and paid the $20. With MultEQ, I’ve been able to improve the output from the Mag8Rs, but I still don’t like how the highs are reproduced. Although the high frequencies improve at higher volumes, the volume levels at which I hear improvement are generally louder than I typically listen. I’ve also read comments about the Mag8Rs’ bass response. In the past, I generally kept the crossover frequencies for the speakers and the subwoofer at 120Hz, but during this project, I experimented with various crossover settings for the speakers and the subwoofer. The Denon offers options ranging from 40Hz to 250Hz for all speakers and 80Hz to 200Hz for the subwoofer. I experimented with crossover frequencies as high as 200Hz on the Mag8Rs, thinking that relieving them of bass duties might help. It didn’t. This led me to question, “Am I even a remotely competent audiophile?” In the end, I settled on a 60Hz crossover for the Mag8Rs and 150Hz for the subwoofer. At 60Hz, the Mag8Rs seemed more balanced. At 120Hz and higher, they were flat. Right now, I can only give the Sonance Mag8Rs 2 stars. The Mag6Rs on the patio are powered by the Denon’s Zone 2 and are adequate for what I need out there.

I have 2 pairs of these speakers in my home theatre for a 7.1.4 setup and this has been one of the best upgrades with noticeable difference. Coming from the Klipsch - 6-1/2" 140-Watt Passive 2-Way In-Ceiling Speakers that felt sometimes absent while playing Dolby Atmos content, the Sonance brings clarity and deep low sound above my head. Also with the added advantage of being able to aim both the woofer and the tweeter at my seating position, make the 3d visualization very realistic. bbe carefull when installing them, because they are a little heavy. Very satisfied!

We are so happy with these speakers. They were a great price and high quality. We bought them for our back porch and they sound amazing! Would highly recommend!