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Price Paid:
$190.00
from El Palacio de Hierro Summary:
The first thing that atracted to me of this speakers where their beautiful cherry-wooden finish. Then i noticed they were Celestion, one of the most respected speaker manufacturers in the industry. I always liked the sound of Celestion, very warm and realistic, especially in the highs with its well known titanium dome tweeter.(Many people think this kind of tweeter runs in to fatigue very quicky, and they may be right; but no Celestion,I think it's because of the ferrofluid-cooling system).
I needed to buy a pair of small entry-level surround sound speakers, but i couldn't find them for about 2 months. All the speakers i've seen in this price range sounded absolutly terrible (JBL, YAMAHA, CERWIN VEGA, ETC.) Until i found these Celestion.
I hooked them into my Yamaha RX-V1400 as front B speakers and started with Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car". The guitar sounded very realistic and the voice too. There was a little lack of soundstage and image, but what can you expect for a $19 pair of speakers?. There's a little bit of distorsion in the rear port especially if placed near a wall. That's because i won´t use them wall mounted.
Then i put one of my favorites "Marillion-The Great Scape" and sounded very well too. The Steve Rothery's Fender Stratocaster sounded very smooth and unusually clear. The mids were very precise and understandable.
I think this is the best bookshelf speaker for surround aplications of $19 that you can find. It can be wall mounted but i don´t recomend it and looks very nice in it´s wooden finish. Strengths:
Titanium dome tweeter made by Celestion.
Very beautiful
Unusually precise in this price range.
Bi-wiring, Bi-amping capable. Weaknesses:
Made in China
Lack of soundstage and image (a little bit)
Some distorsion in the rear port
Not very powerfull (70watts). Similar Products Used:
Yamaha's NS-300
Energy C5
Polk Audio CS45
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