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Celestion F30
Celestion F30
MSRP: $ 449.00

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Reviewed by:

Catmandoo

(AudioPhile)

Review Date
July 16, 2009

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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Review 1 of 7

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Paire payée 417$ can. incluant transport et taxes. Achetés chez Costco.ca. Ils remplacent une paire d' Electro-Voice Interface A des années 1970. Item que j'avais vu par hasard en faisant une recherche concernant un autre produit sur ce site. Celestion étant une marque anglaise que je connaissais de réputation, et compte tenu du prix plus que raissonnable, je les ai donc commandées. En comparant mes Interface aux Celestion, j'ai été renversé par leur " présence ", leur souci des détails et la véracité du rendu musical. Peut importe le matériel écouté. En utilisant un CD de test, les basses me sont apparues tout à fait crédibles sans excès, juste ce qu'il faut. L'ensemble sonate violoncelle et piano était velouté, surtout le violoncelle alors que le piano m'étonnait par son aplomb. Appareils utilisés: lecteur NAD 505, préamp. Marantz 3300, section amp. du récepteur Denon 1601. Plus tard, j'ajouterai des commentaires car je dois les essayer en mode cinéma ainsi qu'avec une platine vinyle.


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Reviewed by:

Buffer

(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
April 17, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

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Review 2 of 7

Price Paid:  $299.00 from A&B Sound Edmonton s

Summary:
Tried these puppies out on the jazz channel and listened to some different pieces with some added brass in the background (sax and trumpet) and (surprise) found myself not turning so quickly to a different channel but rather instead actually enjoying hearing their clearer, more subtle yet distinct and pleasing to the ear sounds coming from those 3/4 inch titanium tweeters rather than the usual harsh, irritating and grating sounds coming from the old silk dome tweeters that I had originally owned!

Strengths:
Lyrics were clear and recognizable, instruments and voices were clearer, bells were perfectly characterized, brass instruments blended in naturally and were more muted and not to bright sounding. Picked up more subtlties and little nuances that were'nt noticable before (overall), in the surround sound mode and noted better separation between the speakers to boot.

Weaknesses:
None as of yet

Similar Products Used:
Have since bought the matching rear speakers then later on, the centre speaker to tie in with them


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Reviewed by:

kanebisa

(Casual Listener)

Review Date
August 1, 2007

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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4.50 of 5, 2.00 votes

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Review 3 of 7

Price Paid:  $447.00 from Liverpool

Summary:
I purchased these pair of F30 to replace the little front speakers came with my ONKYO receiver.
The first thing that got my attention was it's nice cherry-wooden finish, then I read it can handle 120w more than I need. Most speaker's impidance in the store was 6ohm and the F30 hahdle 8ohm, which match perfectly to my receiver.
I use them mostly as front for a 5.1 setup, at the beginning I used single wire to hook them, then bi-wired them and I noticed a change in the mids. The sound improved a lot, so I recomend people to bi-wire this speaker instead of using the bypass.
Then I learned I had to break in the speakers in order to get better sound, I had them breakin in for about 200 hour with all kind of music.
For the price paid I think this is a good speaker. Most people might think otherwise, but I think it's not the speaker's fault. I mean, many people get this 450 USD speaker and expect a 4500 USD spaker sound, which is quite impossible.
I compared the F30 to a 630 dollar YAMAHA when I was purchasing, and this one sounded far better than the Yamaha. The vocals are clearer, better mids and the bass is smoother.
The F30 has titanium dome tweeter, personally I like more this kind of tweeter than the soft dome. I consider it makes the high clearer, but it might sound too harsh for some listener. Well this is just my modest opinion.

Strengths:
Clear sound, titanium dome tweeter, very good sound for the price. Nice cherry-wooden finish. Good size.

Weaknesses:
Toy like grill. The bass is good, but maybe more could be good. But since the bass is delivered by 2 13cm woofer, i guess it's not a weakness.

Similar Products Used:
Yamaha NS-555


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Reviewed by:

RocknRum

(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
November 19, 2006

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 4 of 7

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Ebay

Summary:
A nice looking speaker. They arrived in great shape and I thought they sounded good until I compared them to other speakers. Just don't sound as good as older models of Celestions. I think that Celestion would want to protect their rep better than this. I find the sound pretty disappointing on all frequency ranges. I guess you only get what you pay for. Maybe sounds ok for quieter type of music.
I will probably sell mine.

Strengths:
Nice looking.

Weaknesses:
Poor bass.

Similar Products Used:
Altec Lansing Five Series II
Technics SB L-70
Celestion 1's with Celestion sub (great sound)
AudioSphere Research Monitor 370
Paridigm's Model??


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Reviewed by:
RocknRum
(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
November 19, 2006

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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1.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

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Review 5 of 7

Price Paid:  $300.00 from ebay

Summary:
A nice looking speaker. They arrived in great shape and I thought they sounded good until I compared them to other speakers. Just don't sound as good as older models of Celestions. I think that Celestion would want to protect their rep better than this. I find the sound pretty disappointing on all frequency ranges. I guess you only get what you pay for.

Strengths:
Looks

Weaknesses:
Poor bass and sometimes boomy. Lacks depth.

Similar Products Used:
Altec Model 5 series II
Celestion 1's and Celestion sub.
Technics SB L-70


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