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(More customer reviews)As far as I know, this is the first review of this Cambridge speaker pair anywhere (even though the box they came in looked like it had been around the world a couple of times, but thankfully with no damage inside). I bought on faith and specs. I did not audition the speakers (no time to find a dealer, then take on one of those creatures called a salesperson). I wanted a small, efficient floorstander, and this pair fills the bill very well.
A one-word description of these speakers could be CLEAN. They look clean, and they sound clean. The build quality is almost flawless. The sound is neutral but very detailed. I have DynAudios and a hybrid tube amplifier in my car and an older stereo setup in another residence (with amp and preamp/tuner and big old Klipsches), so I know clean when I hear it. In their own way, these speakers are as good as or better than my other equipment, even though they cost considerably less. They don't make me miss my other stuff. They have a black, shiny finish that is nicely done and should fit with any flat-screen TV. They look like they came with mine (and whew, my sweetheart actually likes the way they look, once she got used to the idea of 3-foot-tall speakers in the first place). The SL70s have dual connectors for bi-wiring, but they come with a removable metal bridge between the terminals that probably achieves much the same effect without the extra wires. They pair very well with my Marantz AV receiver.
SL70s do need a subwoofer unless you put them in a bathroom. With 3.5s, even three of them, I would have been very surprised if they hadn't. However, they do go down far enough and present so well that the transition between speaker and subwoofer is seamless, especially with classical music. This was not the case with the mediocre-in-every-category bookshelf speakers (that had glowing, mostly 5-star reviews on Amazon, BTW) that they replaced.
Other than the way they were shipped, the only cause for complaint with these speakers is that they came only with carpet spikes. I doubt it would be a good idea to use those on a hardwood floor, so I didn't.
All in all, though, I like these speakers. They look good, they sound good, and that makes them worth whatever I paid. So now, there's a review.
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