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Reference Series High Performance Three-way Floorstanding Loudspeakers

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Product Review (submitted on November 20, 2015):

I'm familiar with fluance as I own the AVHTB+ which I think are brilliant speakers... And they are the reason I bought these, if those ones are so good for so little money, I was burning to know what their top of the line speakers sound like. Well these speakers are amazing, they blow the AVHTB out of the water, I was worried my amp might not have enough juice to power these as they are 4 ohm speakers (confirmed this with the company). It's doing ok, I have it nicely ventilated and I haven't cranked the speakers too hard, going to get a better amp in the next week. The first couple of hours they sounded a little off, it's true about break in period because they really sounded better after a couple of hours. I played cds I've owned for 15 years and have heard on dozens of sound systems, I heard things in the albums I've not heard before. They are really nicely balanced, perfect amount of bass, they need some volume though, with the amp turned down for late at night listening they are just there, but when you turn it up they really come alive. Although taste is subjective I think they sound a little better than the B&W 605's I've heard, I really liked those speakers but I think I'm more of a fan of silk domed tweeters rather than aluminum or titanium, the B&W's to me sounded a little harsh at the high end. They certainly sound better than the mid range Klipsch and Polks I've listened too and they look much better.... I can't believe these speakers are so cheap, they don't look or sound cheap, the build quality is amazing, for instance the rear binding posts are ridiculous, there is no need for them, they are massive, they make my 12 gauge speaker wire look pathetic. These suckers are big too, very tall and heavy, they weigh almost 50lbs each I was going to have them as part of a surround sound system and maybe use the towers for the AVHTB as rears but now I think I might just go to 2.0. I don't think I need surround sound anymore, I'm starting to think it's a substitute for powerful speakers and amps, I can't wait to see what a 200 watt per channel 2.0 amp can do to these. You can color me a Fluance fanboy now. Realistically the only way I think these speakers could be improved is with real wood veneer rather than vinyl. Don't get me wrong I think the vinyl looks great, it even has wood grain indentations in it, but that is the only improvement I think that could be made, I don't see how the sound can be improved. No, I've never heard $20,000 audiophile setups and I probably never will, my setup costs less than a grand and its the best I've ever heard anywhere.review image -Verified purchase from Fluance trusted store.