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Price Paid:
$225.00
from AudioAllies.com Summary:
I was looking for a very high quality, high performance small speaker, and like most people, I wanted it for a reasonable price. Well, these ADS speakers may not be the cheapest small speaker you can buy, but considering the engineering, build quality and performance, I think they are a very good value.
I drive them with a Pioneer VSX-55TXi receiver in a 5.1 channel set-up. (three HT400LCR's accross the front) Most use is with 2-channel CD's via Dolby Pro Logic II Music mode, but they do also see quite a bit of use with video. (sat TV and DVD)
I would characterize their performance as accurate. They are not a speaker designed to sound one way or another, or to work best with one kind of music or another. They are simply designed to faithfully reproduce what is fed into them. And they do this very well. In fact, they are rated +/- only 2 dB from 100 - 20000 Hz! So any serious deviations from neutrality you are likely to hear, you can blame on the room or something else; not the ADS HT400LCR's!
Of course, low bass is rolled off. These are quite compact speakers, after all. But if carefully placed near room boundaries, their acoustic suspension design will surprise you with their smooth, usable bass down to about 50Hz. But still, they are best used with a good sub or two. This will let you "have it all": Outstanding imaging AND solid, deep bass. I highly recommend these speakers to anyone who wants better than average quality and performance in a small package with an affordable price. Strengths:
imaging precision and three-dimensionality, and smooth frequency response. Weaknesses:
no deep bass.
limited ultimate output capability Similar Products Used:
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klipschorns,
klipsch cornwalls,
ESS amt-1b's,
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Bose 901 Series IV's
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