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High Fidelity Surround Sound Speakers

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Product Review (submitted on November 20, 2015):

I got this pair of SV's from Fluance a few months to try out because I wanted to see just how good there speaker are. I ordered them from their website and in a few days had them at my door. I was impressed at how well they were packaged and cushioned in their box. However, I was really surprised at the size of these guys when I pulled them out of the box. They are a deeper speaker than I was thinking. This is not a bad thing, it just needs to be taken into account if you're going to put them on a shelf or desk with limited room. They are probably the biggest 5" speaker that I've heard in a while.

Once I got them hooked up I was a bit let down by the sound that I got from them. They were not as clear in the mid/highs as the Micca MB42x's I had on my desk but were able to go lower. I gave them a nice shot at my home office but for the space the Micca's were better. So I moved them off my desk and sat on them for a few weeks. One day at my office at work I was listening to some music and decided I needed some more low end. I thought about getting a small powered sub to get this done but then I remembered the SV's sitting at the house. I figured why not give them a shot...I'm really glad that I did.

When I brought them into my work office I was blow away. These speakers sound amazing when you put some distance between you and the speakers. My desk at work is almost twice as deep as my desk at the house and it really made a difference in the sound. These guys are not great in the nearfield but they really shine if you can get them 5'+ away from you. I have been playing them in my office for about a month and the bass these are able to put out is impressive. They do need to break in to get the best sound out of them...this is not a myth these do sound much better than they did when I first pulled them out. If you looking for a cheap speaker that sounds good look at these. They are much better than the Polk T15's and Sony SS-B1000's that are currently sitting in a corner in my office.