I'd rate this as 4.5/5.0. Although, they do take up a relatively large area, they sound pretty good. I was hoping for a little deeper bass response with the dual 8" woofers in such a large cabinet, so I might eventually get a sub-woofer to cover the missed low frequencies. I can tweak the settings on my stereo receiver to help compensate in the interim, however. I have these set up in my large bedroom and my bed sits up rather high. I think they would sound even better if I had the means to space them further apart based on how my bed appears to be blocking some of the sound waves. I have a nice Pioneer Elite receiver stereo powering these. The high end isn't phenomenal as my $200 Bose 2.1 system seems to outperform there. I wonder if the titanium tweeters in the next level up would improve the acoustics and vocals. I'm satisfied overall, but wouldn't pay the full price of $450/each for them. I happened to catch them on a pretty good sale.
This Pioneer Elite SX-N30 stereo receiver features an Ethernet port and Bluetooth wireless technology, so you can enjoy audio from a variety of digital sources. The phono input lets you enjoy vinyl records and the AM/FM tuner lets you listen to your favorite radio stations.
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I really like this Stereo Receiver. I bought it mostly for it's aesthetics and internet capability. I love the adjustable base/treble knobs on the front, but really only adjust them if I happen to be walking by.
The only thing keeping me from giving it a perfect 5/5 is that it doesn't have the ability to easily adjust the base/treble directly on the remote without having to go to through a menu; also the interface to set up and navigate through the internet setup and Pandora, etc., is a little cumbersome. At a $600 price point, I feel that the base/treble buttons should be on the remote of a stereo receiver, but I am still happy with the purchase overall. Outside of that, the adjustable amber dimming display and sleep timer (10-90 min) were also major contributors to my deciding on spending the extra money on this stereo receiver over other brands.
It sounds great and powers my large, Klipsch R-28F speakers beautifully at both low and high volumes. I don't have anything to hook up to the subwoofer or secondary set of speakers, so I can't comment on those aspects yet. The receiver is able to power my Klipsch R-28F with dual 8" woofers and have enough bass coming through at a +4/10 bass setting even at low volumes that I have held off on the sub for now. I like to keep the treble at +10/10.