(2010) Home-Theater Speakers $5,000 and Under
Loudspeakers reviewed on the SoundStage! Network in 2010 in the context of a home-theater system. All prices are in US dollars unless otherwise noted and are accurate at the time of the review.
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- Parent Category: 2010 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
- Category: (2010) Home-Theater Speakers $5,000 and Under
Price: $4453
Website: www.definitivetech.com
Vince said: I was amazed at the dynamic capability and refined sound of these compact speakers. Each model -- mains, surrounds, and subwoofers -- blended together to provide a well-balanced soundfield that I found very involving when watching movies or listening to music.
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The gist: If a speaker could be a supermodel . . .
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- Category: (2010) Home-Theater Speakers $5,000 and Under
Price: $3480
Website: www.focusaudio.com
Vince said: If you listen more to music, whether to two- or multichannel recordings, than you watch movies, I urge you to give this system a listen. Because music is where it truly excels.
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The gist: Multichannel music system in a great-looking package
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- Category: (2010) Home-Theater Speakers $5,000 and Under
Price: $3975
Website: www.monitoraudio.co.uk
Aron said: My experiences of music, and especially of movies, through these speakers have left me with a strong impression: This system has the uncanny ability to make possible an emotional connection to the sounds it reproduces.
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The gist: Monitor updates its RS line with the much better RX.
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- Parent Category: 2010 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
- Category: (2010) Home-Theater Speakers $5,000 and Under
Price: $2649
Website: www.paradigm.com
Roger said: If I were looking for a compact lifestyle system, this one would be at the top of my list. The MilleniaOnes and Seismic 110 cost a little more than many small sat-sub systems, but cost a lot less than I would have expected considering their outstanding performance.
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The gist: High style, high performance, same product.
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Price: $3694
Website: www.paradigm.com
Aron said: The new Special Edition models not only look and perform much like Paradigm Reference products, but do so at a much lower cost. If you’re looking for a home-theater package that punches way above its competition while offering genuine tastes of high-end sound and looks, then Paradigm’s new SE range deserves a serious look.
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The gist: Reference-class sound at half the price.
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- Parent Category: 2010 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
- Category: (2010) Home-Theater Speakers $5,000 and Under
Price: $1409.80
Website: www.polkaudio.com
Aron said: The RTi A1s not only looked brilliant in their real-wood veneer, they offered plenty of detail, control, and excellent dynamics, which all came together to reproduce multichannel source signals with an invitingly three-dimensional soundstage.
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The gist: Real wood and real-good sound at a really good price.
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- Parent Category: 2010 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide
- Category: (2010) Home-Theater Speakers $5,000 and Under
Price: $4118 (with two subwoofers)
Website: www.revelspeakers.com
Colin said: The Concertas had three qualities that are critical for home-theater speakers: they had impact, were tonally clean and clear, and called no attention to themselves, sonically or physically.
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The gist: You can go small to get big sound with Revel.