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Top Ranked Products from Optimus.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
SHAWNSY
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
June 6, 2004Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Review 1 of 7
Price Paid:
$60.00
from RADIO SHACK Summary:
I've had this little center for 7 years now and I have to say that it's really a teriffic little center for the money yes but even in general. Nothing touched it for the money--nothing! It's clean, accurate and has amazingly big sound for it's little size. Fits perfectly between my receiver and my dvd on top of my 60" Mitsubishi. I can't find a center this small with this good of sound. Strengths:
great value, clean and well dispersed sound stage Weaknesses:
Are you kidding. For the money there was NONE!
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Rating
Reviewed by:
recoveryone(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
January 31, 2003Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
Less than 1 month |
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Review 2 of 7
Price Paid:
$35.00
from Ebay Summary:
I brought this unit to replace a genric center by RCA. I pass that one on to my son. I tested the unit with the Matrix, It handle it very well. It gave my front a even balance with the Optimus Pro X77's I using. I notice it take's a little more power to push this unit, but I don't mind. For my bedroom setup this center speaker works real well.
AMP: Pioneer 309 VSX DD DTS
T.V. Phillips 19" stereo
VCR Phillips HiFi
DVD Pioneer DV525
Speakers
front Optimus Pro X77's old style pre 94
Center Optimus CS-3
Rear Optimus Pro X77's old style pre 94 Strengths:
Good speaker to match with other optimus speakers. best suited for mid to low level system. built to last Weaknesses:
none if used properly Similar Products Used:
JBL, Jensen CCS, RCA
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Rating
Reviewed by:
Charles Byrd(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
June 6, 2001Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1.00 votes
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Review 3 of 7
Price Paid:
$60.00
from Radio Shack Summary:
For the money it's hard to beat, but I will be replacing it as soon as I can free up some funds. It is very sturdy, sounds good, it just does not have the bass needed for a good center. If it had 5" woofers it would probably sound alot deeper. Strengths:
Price, although I don't think it's available anymore. Nice sound for the money Weaknesses:
Lack of bass. Power handling Similar Products Used:
none
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Rating
Reviewed by:
DB(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
July 19, 2000Overall Rating
3 of 5
Value Rating
4 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year |
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Review 4 of 7 Summary:
This review is actually for the Optimus Pro-CS1, which is not among the products listed for review. The Optimus line, as many are aware, has now been replaced by RCA named products.
The Pro-CS1 is a center-channel speaker that has a woodgrain cabinet and spring-clip connectors. It has a soft-dome polycarbonate tweeter flanked by two 4 1/2" mid/woofers. It listed for $79.99, but I purchased one for $39.99 about 2 years ago.
For 40 bucks, the sound is quite good. It seems to match fairly well with my main speakers, a set of Infinity Studio Monitor 100's, which I have owned for 13 years. One day soon, I do hope to upgrade, but this speaker fills the bill for now. The power-handling capability is only 35 watts, and at times this speaker has shown signs of a bit of stress when played loud. Also, vocals do sound a touch "hollow" when listening to music through it in the Pro-Logic mode. But overall, a pretty decent speaker for the price. They are almost identical in appearance to a center channel that JBL markets for a bout $100. I recently auditioned the JBL N-Center, which I think sounded quite nice for a $139 speaker, though I did not care for its bulbous appearance. Strengths:
Inexpensive, fairly good rendering of dialog Weaknesses:
power handling capability Similar Products Used:
demo of JBL N-Center, Cerwin Vega center channel
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Rating
Reviewed by:
JR(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
February 17, 2000Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
1 to 3 months |
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Review 5 of 7 Summary:
At 29 bucks on closeout it was hard to pass this one up. I have searched extensively in my local market and cant find a speaker that can touch the quality of this one for under 129 dollars. Sounds far better than the Infinity CC1 as well as the Boston CS?1. The other speakers under 129 were all crap (ie. KLH, Yamaha, Sony etc.) and I am not yet willing to spend 200+ on a center just yet. The speaker features 2 4" poly drivers and a .75 soft dome tweeter housed in a sturdy plasic case with removable cloth grille. Suprisingly enough it matches my Boston CR8's fairly well, probably because they both use soft domes. The only complaint would be the push type terminals. Overall, an excellent choice for entry level home theater for those on a budget. Strengths:
inexpensive, well built, decent sound Weaknesses:
inexpensive Similar Products Used:
none
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