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The subwoofer has decent but not exceptional oomph. The surround effects are terrific. The only reason I'd "outgrow" these speakers is if the kids dump orange juice on them.It may be a little while before you actually see many BluRays with real 7.1 audio, but it'll show up eventually. If you have $1000+ taste, and a $1000+ budget, these speakers are not for you. If you want to build a solid home theater to watch movies with family and friends, take a good hard look at these. With heavy CGI movies, it can't be all that hard to calculate 2 more channels.
I'm sure when I get the money I will buy nicer speakers, but for less than $300 I don't think I could have made a better choice.The only warning I have is that they are big compared to htib speaker sets, but that was not a problem for me. I have them hooked up to an onkyo tx-sr706 and they sound great. I've never had a surround sound system when I was growing up, so I don't claim to be an expert on speakers. I decided to get a surround sound setup recently and didn't want to spend a whole lot so after a lot of searching these appeared to be the best deal I could get. J&R music and computer world has a video review of these that gives a good sense of the size of them.
I'm adding the side and rear speakers this weekend. The ones I currently have connected are fine. They look sort of small and lightweight but they sound fine. I bought better 12 gauge wire and banana plugs to see if it would help boost the sound being delivered. At least with it this cold there shouldn't be an issue crawling under the house.
(I know, still corny).I have multiple things going into it. By far the best investment if you're going all out for an entertainment center. And the receiver recognizes every input itself. At first I was divided on which to get, with or without. I always thought it was corny for people to say "it feels like you're there," well now I know what they mean. Now look at them. My PS3, XBox 360, Wii, cable box and the add on to connect the Ipod. If they're talking off screen and you got the volume up high then get ready to be startled by the split second you think someone is in your house because that's how real these things work.
I went with this one because I figured why would you want to mix the video through your audio and possibly lessen the quality of it. Coupled together with the sub practically right next to us you're placing yourself there in the scene. When I got them it was a steal at $500. The immersion is beyond expectation especially for those high action games where there is noise and things going on everywhere you litterly feel like you really are there. It decodes that the PS3 is Dolby and so on. Also, there are some systems out there with a HDMI connection.
Although I do feel that the music coming from the Ipod can be a bit better(I don't know what it is there, the dock, the Ipod, or the system) it certainly is not a deal breaker. The voices are right where they belong. It's been about 2 years since I purchased this system and to be honest they still pump it out the same way they did on day 1. (No, it still sounds corny, but hey, it's true).(Que the wife) When the game turns off and it's time for a movie there is no difference. I'd say I'm a gamer before anything else. It's what I do and when I'm sitting smack in the middle of my living room and I'm surrounded by 7 speakers and a subwoofer behind my couch just blasting me from every direction I know that I made a good decision to buy this system.
I mean I have no idea how it would come out maybe better maybe not, but if that's a reason for you thinking twice about getting this particular system don't let it burst your bubble because to me it's working perfectly fine without it.I know I could honestly say that even though I have all these components going on in my man cave it wouldn't be what it is without this system.And the 12 miles of speaker wire I needed to connect it all together.
After connecting up to my Onkyo TX-SR606 reciver was amazed at the decent sound. Yes, the speaker wires were a bit on the small side.
especially in a 17 x 24 room and for this price. I like knowing that I didn't pay too much and didn't really sacrifice that much at all.
Big box. but hey, they gave me enough to cover a pretty large room and I liked it that they were color-coded.
Big speakers. Nice.
The subwoofer doesn't blow me away, but it sounds good to me for a movie or gaming.
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