I bought these speakers in 1997, and thought they were a great value at a sale price of $900. That is, after painful review of so many speakers using music I listen to, I choose the Tower II's.Īfter reading the many love/hate reviews of the Tower II's, I had to add my two cents. In fact, I will pick up my Tower II's tomorrow. If I did not know the price tag, I probably would still buy them. No detailed highs or muddy midrange? Get better wire.īottom line, for the money - they cannot be beat. No imaging? Do not point them toward you. (Oh, I also listened to Polk, Energy, Klipch, Boston Acoustics, Infinity).īoomy bass? Move them away from the wall. For the price of $1000.00, these speakers have the edge. I have listened to many speakers Aerial, B&W, Sonus Faber, Canton, Theil, Snell, Paradigm, and so on. I can say that I think these speakers sound fantastic - for the money. I cannot say "these sound great." You have to hear them for yourself. What is the best speaker? The ones we like to listen to. If we were to look inside of some of the best high-end equipment, we would be disapointed at how few electronics are inside (home theater is not included because of the need for all the decoding stuff).Īre these the best speakers? No. Who in the hell looks inside speakers and base their review on what is inside? What is on the inside that counts is only good for humans. I just cannot understand the reviews of this product. Drive them hard use them for DVD, TV, CD, and anything else. The tweeters have greatly improved now they are more fuly broken in and as far as imaging goes, play with it a bit you will indeed find the ultimate soundstage. THis results in crisper highs with less distortion from pushing the low range in the towers. I believe you get far better current to the Towers if you more fully utilize your powered sub. In this way, I have been able to reduce the base sent from the reciever and boosted the amount the the sub produces. Don't skimp on the cables either and keep the length to the speaker less than 8' if you can.Īnyway, I have set these speakers to "large" as recommended on my reciever and have opened up the sub wof to maxilul range. you need a quality Reciever that can feed these speakers the juice they need. My Onkyo Reciever has now been fine-tuned for them and as I mentioned. Now, after a sufficient break-in period, I can honestly saty these speakers continue to improve with age. THis is an update to my previous post in which I questioned anyone who takes a speaker home, opens the box, and pulls out their tool box to rip the guts out of it. If they are sitting on a hardwood floor USE THE STUDS STILL to eliminate any resonance that may develop between the speaker base and the floor. USE THE INCLUDED STUDS YOU MAY HAVE STUCK IN A DRAWER TO ANCHOR THEM TO THE UNDERLYING FLOOR. Some beleive towers should also be set on styrofoam to reduce vibration delivered to the floor but, in fact, that deters from the quality of the sound as the speakers will ever so slightly be permitted to sway thereby reducing the sound waves that are delivered to the ambient air. So I listened and went to Home Depot and for $7 bought a bag of styrofoam sheets about 1/4" thick and cut them to size to allow all my components to sit on them. On another note, I don''t know if I mentioned this before but a friend of mine who takes high performance to a new level swears that you must insulate your components from vibration. It is a simple task (assuming you don''t mind entering that thicket) but worth the effort to keep these speakers and your system performing its best. I just wanted to remind everyone that I remain thoroughly impressed with these speakers.Īlso, I felt the need to remind everyone to once a year trim and re-strip your speaker wire and polish your connections as the elements tend to deteriorate connections over time.
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