Price Paid:  $525.00 from Streem Web site

Summary:
I got my Streem speaker kit (HT-808) about 2 months ago, and so far I have to say I am impressed.
These speakers are massive and they sure add a real nice touch to any home theater layout, specially in a large room
I am using a Yamaha RX-V861 as my main amplifier and the sound quality and power is great. I added a amplified sub (Polk 150 W) and balance the sound to get more mid range frequencies
The product is nicely constructed although I do not particulary like the chrome finish on the front air vent.
Overall, I do not think you can fine a better deal than this. Good value for the money.

Strengths:
- Quality of construction
- Sound great
- Look good in any home theater layout

Weaknesses:
Mmmm, none so far

AtG2077

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 3.00 votes

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Station Street

Summary:
These towers sound great. They are the perfect budget 2-channel system for the casual listener or audio enthusiast. Bass response is great, with four 8" woofers, these speakers, used in home theater or multiple speaker systems will not require the use of a subwoofer. Mids and highs are taken care of easily with the rest of the speakers. They are loud and clean sounding even without a lot of power. These are not my first 2-channel speakers, i've tried a few other brands, nothing comes close to these. They sound decent during 2-channel video watching, but they truly shine when any type of music track is put to them. They truly sound and look great. Some of the best budget speakers even for the pickiest of audiophiles.

Strengths:
-Great clean look -Low price for the quality and construction of the towers and speakers -Clean yet strong sound quality -Powerful even without that much power

Weaknesses:
-For those who like to hear the highs and mids more than bass, the bass can be slightly overpowering

Similar Products Used:
Polk & Sony

convincer

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $429.00 from stationstreet via eb

Summary:
To be honest I was both pleased and surprised. I can't say these compete with a $10,000.00 system. But I can't afford that either! To start off with, I believe you can judge to a certain degree, the quality of a product based on how well it's prepared and packaged. The speakers were in doubled up boxes, wrapped in fitted plastic, and protected by fitted foam end caps. The boxes were extra thick and really well taped and all areas were sealed, not just taped across the opening but completely sealed up. Streem really wanted these to arrive in good shape and well protected. Now to the speakers, they included everything you need, even wires although I threw those out, I had higher grade monster cables already. The HT-808's all used gold plated banana type connectors, on a mounted receptacle, not glued in but screwed in as it should be. The wood is nice and looks and feels real, the speakers are solid and don't seem to flex or vibrate so the high ends seem clear, and the mid range is solid. I thought the bass to be a bit boomy, but that may just be me, I have a raised wood floor that tends to act like a sounding baffle for lower notes. To that point, the bass was tighter than my old speakers, and more full than my Bose 901's I used in another room. The speakers included, spikes for the mains, I really was thankful that I did not have to drill and add new ones. The center channel is bright and clear, voices are distinct but not shrill. I again was pleased the one it replaced was narrow and sometimes piercing to listen to. (Pioneer). It's nice to have matched tweeters, the movement of effects across channels was smooth, and moved easily without drawing attention to itself. All in all I am very happy, I would compare these to the high-end speakers of stores like Best Buy or Circuit City. But again not to compete with the real audiophile grade stuff from specialty stores that I can't afford anyway. I did not love the chrome sub-port, it draws a bit too much attention to itself for my taste against a black speaker, I prefer subtleties. But again it's just my taste. Also if I had a choice, I really like warm and mellow speakers with tight crisp highs. The Streem's are well balanced and crisp across all ranges. But this is not my personal preference, to the extent that I prefer warm to the tight crispness that many people like today. So again I'm being overly picky, but I'm still very pleased. I feel comfortable recommending these, I'm pleased with the price, and feel I received a great value. And the real key, my kids and wife think I did okay and had no complaints. I've already showed them off to a few friends who like me are wanabe audiophiles, they too were impressed with the price vs quality value.

Strengths:
great packaging, good sound, tight strong bass. Well balanced movement across speakers. Good looking

Weaknesses:
I did not love the chrome port hole covers, they are too bright for the black wood and dark grills. For the price range, not a thing worng!

Similar Products Used:
Bose, Polk, Wharfedale, JBL

Price Paid:  $515.00 from station street

Summary:
I recentlt purchased the HT-808 package deal. I was looking for floor speakers to enhance my music listening.(my yamaha satellites weren`t cutting it!!) I shopped around a few weeks and was considering buying JBL`s when I decided 2 look around online. I came across the Streem FS-808 and liked the specs on them. I was leery buying something online that I couldn`t see and hear for myself. So I looked around some more and found the HT-808 surround package. I couldn`t believe the price!!! The whole system was around the price of the Pair of JBL floor speakers!!! The FS-808 has the same finish and comparable specs. So I gave Streem a chance, and ordered the whole the package. I sure am glad I did. The package is awesome. The FS-808 are great speakers. THey are very stlish and well made, and they sound awesome. THey are great for movies and music. For the money, Streem is the way 2 go!!!

Strengths:
Nice finish and stylish looks!!! THey also sound awesome!!! The best part is the price, they kill the competition with a very competitive product!!!

Weaknesses:
NONE

Similar Products Used:
Yamaha

Price Paid:  $430.00 from Station Street Ebay

Summary:
I've been slowly working on renovating the basement of my home and trying to design a nice little home theater for myself an my family to enjoy. Outfitting my home theater system was fairly easy, I spent the time, looked at different Televisions and the technologies that are available, did the same with my new surround reciever. All in all things came together very quickly. That was until I began looking for speakers to compliment my system. I have to be honest, I'd never heard of Streem Speakers before I set out listening to speakers to outfit my home theater, In fact, through the month that I took shopping around and comparing, I'd still never heard of them. In shopping for speakers I had decided upon a set of paragigm Monitor series speakers for my home theater, however the price was outside of my budget. They sounded amazing, but with all the costs in doing this project, they were just too much. Not wanting to settle I decided to check out ebay to see if I could pick up some paradigms on an auction. Then I thought about the quality, and potential wear or abuse that the speakers might have gone thru, and started to rethink the idea. This is when I happend across the Streem HT-808 surround package. The styling looked good, and from the materials list they provide, they appeared to be well constructed. But again, the hangup of not being able to see, feel, touch, and hear them but me off the idea. I work for a very large company in Ottawa, we have an internal message board system, so I decided to post a message to see if anyone in the company had heard of Streem, knew of the quality etc. To my surprise, I got an email from a collegue that had purchased the same HT-808 system that I was looking at.. He raved about them, and even offered to let me check them out at his home so that I could hear them, and get the whole see, hear, feel experience. ;-) I was there for about 90 mins, tweaking his amp, changing modes, listening to music, and watching movie clips to check the range and performance. The next day I logged in, and placed my order, I was sold!

Strengths:
Very solid construction, exellent quality materials used. Sound is bright, with excellent range from low's to highs. Also helps that they're really sexy looking too.

Weaknesses:
Still only had them a few weeks, so nothing is really coming to mind. Would have liked to have seen a sub included in the surround package to make it a true 5.1 surround speaker set. But the fronts pump lots of base anyways. One weakness, not of the product itself, just a general comment. You guys have got to get these speakers into stores so people can hear them. I happened across them by chance and was sold the minute I heard them.

Similar Products Used:
PSB Sony