How is the frequency response at low volume?We are looking for speakers which sound clear with adequate base without being too loud.Thanks!
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I replaced a smaller center channel speaker in my home theater with a Polk. I was able to stop using close captioning after installing the Polk center channel speaker. It greatly improved the clarity of my system. So after that I added the bookshelf speakers as replacements for my left & right front speakers. I'm very happy with them. If you use these as part of a home theater system I would advise the use of a subwoofer. That way you get lots of bass without having to use high volume.
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These are great! Speakers, but they are not good for loud sound music. They are perfect for Home Theater Systems, but if you are gonna use the for. Your music just don't blast them, cause your receiver, may not can handle the power of your Speakers. I use my TSi-100 for only my Home Theater system
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Iv found you can get the bass pretty high well low :p and iv had them extremely high volume wile testing tho i leave it in matrix mode due to it sounds clearer and more even wile still getting the surround sound effect.
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Hey, I am buying speakers for a friend who has the same turntable - did you ever find a good solution / speakers? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I've got cats in the house and I have the speakers about as close to the wall and to my entertainment center (so they don't get behind the center itself!). Bass reflex response is excellent, even at close wall proximity, though I would say better low frequency response would result if they were pulled out a little. I've had these speakers for quite some time and they've been an excellent replacement for my old Cerwin Vega(s). Hope this helps you out.
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These are very nice small speakers, but they are small speakers and they are limited as such. If you're using them in a home theater application you will need a subwoofer to produce the very low frequencies. You will want to cross them at 80-100 hz. Myself...I prefer to use larger speakers for the main left and right speakers, along with a subwoofer. This will give you much better imaging. However, these would make excellent surround speakers.
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personally i think (one) should have towers that go down to or close to 20Hz and no sub, or bookshelves (to save space) and a sub that goes down to about 20Hz. (Yamaha YST-SW315) i do not see what good big towers are for anymore if you are going to have a sub and then set your receiver to cut low frequencies to 80Hz and higher anyway? keep in mind humans are only supposed to be able to hear between 20Hz and 20Khz. and check your receiver for your cross over settings. mine for instance are 50, 80, 100, 150Hz. use that as a guide to how low you want your bookshelves to go. my books cut off at 50Hz, so i dont want to use the 50 (to not put too much of a load on my books thus making them better midranges. i can use 80 and 100 but not 150, because my sub stops at 140Hz. if your receiver has more and smaller increments for the cross over than mine you will have more options for your bookshelves. my polks (RTi4) go down to 50Hz and sound pretty good and deep at moderate volumes, about the same as the 12" towers they replaced.... but if you want to turn it up to "louder" volumes they become a bit more stressed, not as accurate and want to distort. which is why i got the sub. i got the books in the first place because i was getting sick of the amount of space the towers took up (4 - 12"woofers) the polk TSi200's look like the best "match" for the 'Polk Cs20 center', but the RTi4's are only missing a few less in lower freq. (which you might not need anyway due to the Xover thing) and has 1 5.25" 'driver' where the TSi has 2. the RTi4 is a little more than HALF the price of the TSi200's. ---also keep in mind among all these types of reviews, 'taste in sound' is subjective.---
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I have these speakers and it's perfect because you can adjust the bass, which is helpful because I have paper-thin walls. At night I can set the bass to essentially zero (though it still sounds good from the mid-range satellites), and then during the day I PUMP UP DA BASS.
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Hi Ive only had them for about a year and havent used them much as ive been doing small gigs and only needed the speakers of the same brand.Ive found the speakers great for djing nice and clear and a nice bass sound to.Ive bought 2 speakers ex display from why buy new one of those went within a short time but lucky it had a year warentee but the relaplacent they sent back was an older model.I bought new ones and bass bin from thomann from germany and they give a fantastic 3 year warentee.Hope this helps Thanks from barry.
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Dieckmann, you have not mentioned what watt are you speakers. i have the same problem too but my speakers are like 40W. i am usuing my old speakers till i get a deal on a new 80-100W speakers.so maybe if you upgrade the speaker is you have low Watt ones you will get good sound at 30-40 level.hope this helps
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Big difference between bookshelf speaker and surround speaker! Other answers are quite correct, your other speakers and/or subwoofer should handle the lower frequencies. I like good low bass so I am using two DefTek subwoofers w/500 watt amplifiers driving a 15 inch speaker. I was using a pair of Kenwood surrounds just like these DefTeks w/dual radiating speaker array, but I wanted to get all the bass from those surrounds so I ran the surround speaker wires to these Yamaha YST-SW216BL Subwoofers from Amazon and then to the Kenwoods, wow, pumps out great low frequencies from surround channels in addition to the LFE from the subs. Big difference between bookshelf speaker and surround speaker! Other answers are quite correct, your other speakers and/or subwoofer should handle the lower frequencies. I like good low bass so I am using two DefTek subwoofers w/500 watt amplifiers driving a 15 inch speaker. I was using a pair of Kenwood surrounds just like these DefTeks w/dual radiating speaker array, but I wanted to get all the bass from those surrounds so I ran the surround speaker wires to these Yamaha YST-SW216BL Subwoofers from Amazon and then to the Kenwoods, wow, pumps out great low frequencies from surround... » Read More Big difference between bookshelf speaker and surround speaker! Other answers are quite correct, your other speakers and/or subwoofer should handle the lower frequencies. I like good low bass so I am using two DefTek subwoofers w/500 watt amplifiers driving a 15 inch speaker. I was using a pair of Kenwood surrounds just like these DefTeks w/dual radiating speaker array, but I wanted to get all the bass from those surrounds so I ran the surround speaker wires to these Yamaha YST-SW216BL Subwoofers from Amazon and then to the Kenwoods, wow, pumps out great low frequencies from surround channels in addition to the LFE from the subs. « Show Less
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I've been quite pleased with mine. I generally keep the gain pretty low, especially when listening to music because it tends to rattle things in our kitchen cabinets. It doesn't hit like my old Cerwin Vega 15s. But it's much more well rounded for multipurpose home theatre, and takes up a lot less space.
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Frequency response seems to be fairly flat. I use an equalizer to adjust (boost or cut) the spectrum as needed.
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I was disappointed in the Klipschs due to a thumpy bass sound. Both speakers have a pronounced peak at 70Hz with the bass turned up. Turning down the bass on the Logitechs eliminates this peak while turning it down on the Klipschs doesn't. Otherwise the frequency responses are very similar except that the Logitechs also have a another peak around 40Hz with the bass turned up. While I haven't heard the Logitechs, the specs suggest that one should be able to get a flatter bass response by adjusting the control.
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Hi, I have had one of these units for a few months now, and am quite pleased with the sound quality given the size of the unit and necessarily tiny speakers. It's not super loud and a little touchy to adjust with the remote, but otherwise fine.
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I am currently using a pair of Pioneer SP-BS22-LR Andrew Jones Designed Bookshelf Loudspeakers. they sound very good. other ppl suggested using a pair of Sony SS-B1000 5-1/4-Inch Bookshelf Speakers would be a good idea too. I will try to post a video with my setup.
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They are great little speakers for the money. They are relatively small so they can only carry so much base. I think they are great little speakers. Rick
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Not to hear sound, but getting speakers like this is definitely best with an amplifer. I recommend 50-60Wrms to each side (with HPF around 90 hz) for optimal preformance.