Mahogany (XL7S)

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  1. Five Stars 1 people found this helpful
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    All my speakers are Fluance and will probably always will be. - Verified Store
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  2. Believe the reviews - these beauties are awesome. 1 people found this helpful
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    I got these speakers yesterday. They are fantastic. They are beautiful to look at, and they far exceeded my listening expectations. I played Miles Davis, first, and it sounds like the band and the great one are in the room playing. Anyone who is concerned with the description saying these are 'surround sound' speakers shouldn't worry. My home office is in a pretty good sized (medium) room, and I wouldn't have to turn up the volume very loud to run myself out of the room with loudness. Yet, the speakers can handle the power (rated up to 120 watts) while reproducing sound, beautifully. I hooked these up to a subwoofer, but they reproduce bass notes just fine by themselves. I own multiple sets of speakers...(JBL, ELAC,..etc) but these Fluance speakers are perfect for my purpose. I use them for music and Spotify, but I can understand why these speakers are popular with folks for their home theaters. The speakers even have brackets on the back to attach to the wall for home theater or simply home audio uses. I bought them with the mahogany finish, and they are beautiful. The craftsmanship (Canada) of the speakers is very high quality, too. Searching for the right speaker to suit your purpose can be daunting and confusing. Read the specs on these speakers and match them to a proper amp or receiver...put on your favorite music...and listen to these beauties. For me, Miles Davis never sounded so good, and I could isolate every musician's instrument thanks to these speakers. No regrets. - Verified Store
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  3. Blown away 0 people found this helpful
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    I must say these are great speakers for the dollar. I consider myself a coneseur of speakers (not an audiophile) but I know what my ear likes and doesn't. And these are great. Great lows, strong mids and even some punchy bass. They will easily beat some far more expensive speakers. To that point I got them as just stereo speakers after retiring and older amp, but I plan on getting the full surround solution just because they are cost effective and sound so good. - Verified Store
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  4. Great sound on a budget priced speaker 1 people found this helpful
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    I purchased the XL7C last year and was very impressed with the sound quality for such a low price. I'm steadily building a full surround sound system again (first time in 20 years) but didn't want to break the bank. For $179 for the XL7S, I figured, why not? Reviews have been resoundingly good and if the speakers didn't meet expectations, I'd use them in a secondary TV room.I'm initially pairing these as my front channels with the Fluance center channel and an old Infinity PS12 subwoofer. After the required 10 hour break in time and a lot of tweaking, (primarily with the sub) I am pleasantly surprised with the quality of sound coming from these things. My favorite sound check is Hotel California, on the Eagles Hell Freezes Over disc. Crowd noise is clear and crisp and mid ranges are very well balanced throughout. Right now, I'm using the three speakers as a 3.1 setup and they appear to be very well balanced with seamless sound. And that's running out of my old, old, old JVC 8040 receiver crossed over at 80 Hz. I can only imagine what these will sound like with a quality amp (next on the upgrade list).I'll be rounding out the system with the XL7F towers soon but for the time being, these speakers fit the gap for fronts nicely. Heck, even my wife noticed the difference. I guess if you want to spend $1500 on a bookshelf speaker, have at it. Here you spend a 1/10 of the cost and you get two for the price. So, if you're an audiophile in a sound acoustically treated room cranking tunes out of your $10,000 amp, you'll likely be disappointed. For the rest of us that have to compete with college tuitions, making house upgrades, determining where to place your speakers (on the barbie shelf or the air hockey table), and mostly finding the time to enjoy it all, I think you'll find these to be money well spent.Oh and, give them their proper break in time (10 hrs). Out of the box they sound a little lifeless but a week later, they're spot on. - Verified Store
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  5. I read great reviews on the Wharfedale diamond 10 0 people found this helpful
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    I read great reviews on the Wharfedale diamond 10.1 and the Fluance XL7S. I was unsure which I would prefer so I bought them both:) Both speakers are very good for the price. The Wharfedale speakers were $120 more. After listening to both sets, I prefer the Fluance. The Fluance just does a better job on the high range. Both deliver sufficient base. I do prefer the build quality of the Wharfedale, but in the end it is about sound. I will be keeping both sets as they both are very good. -Verified Store
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