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(More customer reviews)Okay, so, there's virtually no reviews of these speakers to be found online, so I went out on a limb buying these, though I own only Sonly products if I can help it because - hey, let's face it: Sony makes great stuff! Some peoplesay Sony is overpriced. I say that's a load of old horsefeathers. Apple is overpriced.
Okay, so $550 (how much I paid for the set from Sony Style in Boston, MA) for a 5.1 home theater speaker setup that doesn't include a receiver or bundled blu-ray player like most of the rest of Sony's home theater offerings, is definitely a little pricey, but once I got these babies hooked up to my STR-DN2010, oh man, they were smokin' and tokin'! I got serious goosebumps from the sound. In a word: Amazing.
TV? Amazing. DVD? Amazing. Playstation, Xbox, and Wii? Amazing. MP3 player? Amazing. I'm no audiophile but whether it was a consequence of the receiver (of which I've seen receive a few none-too-favorable reviews) or just the speakers themselves, for their form factor (sleek, slim, monolithic, aesthetically exciting) or just the sound itself, these speakers did not fail to disappoint, and I've owned some powerful sound systems in my day so I've got a bar that I've set pretty high to which these speakers were held to.
So, yes, there are some things I didn't like, but they're little things and I'm neurotic, but so I'm not accused of being a Sony fanboy, I'll relate them. One, I tipped over a rear speaker and when it fell the plastic scuffed a bit more easily than I would have liked. Not too noticeable, but I know it's there so it irks me. Two, the process to put the wire into the speakers if you want to use the stands (which I did) is bothersome enough for the tabletop speakers, but if you're using high-quality speaker wire - which tends to be thick - pushing that wire through the narrow tube through the floor-stands to reach the speaker was kind of a pain. Nothing too serious though. Three, the subworker has a powersave function that turns the unit off after several seconds with no base signal. When it shuts off it makes an audible loud click. There's a switch on the unit to turn this feature on and off, but if you want it on and your audio source cuts or fades the baseline in and out in a sequence longer than the auto-shutoff timer on the unit, it will click on and off multiple times.
Last, I really like these speakers and I'd consider ordering two more to create a full 7.1 setup like my receiver allows but these speakers, unique as they are, are currently only available as part of the set. *sigh*
I've only just got the SA-VS310s set up last night and have been listening to them for a few hours now, but so far the pros, by a thousand leagues, outdistamce any cons I've yet encountered. So give these speakers a chance if you're looking for a very good high-end entry level home theater speaker set, you won't regret it!
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