first they are 150 watt each , 100 watt nominal, cabinet is well made with non ferrous materials, the U bracket is painted steel,they sound good , there are two ways to connect the speaker wires , one using a headphone style jack , the other is the plastic screw down over a threaded post, I bought these to replace my BOSE 121 and BOSE 151 speakers were the plastic caps had split , the red and ...