I didnt buy them from sparks or any other cb shop and like I said before I paid $42 for the set so if there junk not that big of a deal to me, its when you spend 75-100 dollars on just one and find out its junk then that might be a little upsetting, i am not ready to take that chance. theres a couple other post on this site about the browning and they say there very happy with the performance, Dont know I dont have them setup yet, in my company truck i have a k40 and hate it and that cost me 60 bucks