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I've had it for several months without any issues. Sound is much better, louder, and doesn't distort. I blew through 2 other speakers from my local electronic/radio store before I purchased the Cobra. What a difference. Before, a little external speaker would only last about 30 days connected to my HAM radio.
There is really nothing about that photo that is even remotely similar. I don't know if I got an earlier version of this speaker or what. The speaker is great, but it looks nothing like the picture included with the item description. Amazon really needs to correct the photo on this item.
This item is a perfect compliment to my Cobra CB recently installed in my Hummer H3. The sound from the speaker is much clearer and louder than the unit speaker.
It's sort of like going deer hunting with a bazooka, it's a tad bit of overkill. The speaker on this CB is built into the handpiece, so I thought I'd need the extra volume to account for the small built-in speaker. Also, there is a volume control on the unit that isn't clearly pictured in the photo. However, I really can't imagine using this in a car unless you have a use for it that is not typical, or you're hearing impaired--it's that loud.
In order to use it and have access to the volume control, you'll have to mount it within arms reach, so keep that in mind for your application. It amplified the volume very well and you were still able to hear clearly at high volumes.
Before I received it I was planning on mounting it up under where the passanger would place their feet in the car (not under/inside the dash, but hanging from under the glove box), but it's just much too big to put there. I could see possibly using it in the cab of a big rig, where you are exposed to more road noise, but that's really about it.
Perhaps off-road vehicles too where you want to hear your radio while you're away from the vehicle. I purchased this speaker to use it with the Cobra 75WXST Weatherband CB Radio.
Because of the size and how well the internal CB speaker worked, I chose not to use it and returned it, but I did test it out prior to returning it. However, it turned out that the built-in speaker worked fine.
When I received this speaker, the first thing I thought was, I can't believe how big it is. Even if it was small enough to fit under my glove box, I couldn't have used it becuase of the volume control location.
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