Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsBest bang for buck
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2012
This is not the best speakers I've heard but they are nice for the price. Poorly wood mounted and constructed but they sound better than I expected. The sub-woofer is very light as well as the others speakers so you get what you pay for, it doesn't come with a crossover so if your receiver doesn't support that you will get a lot of undesired bummy sounds. The only reason why I give this product 3 stars instead of 2 stars is that I get it for 180US. If you pay more than 200US you should consider a better option.
Pros
You get 7.1 speakers, they look very nice except the sub, light weight surrounds and you get a way to hook them.
Very powerful Subwoofer. Very cheap combo (If you pay less than 200US)
Cons
Poor packaging, No crossover on the subwoofer, but some people don't care about it. Very boomy (again due to a lack of crossover), Esthetically it is an awful subwoofer. Speakers are made of poor wooden type material. Surround speakers could be bigger. Front speaker are very boomy, you get a lot of bass for some music but this is not ideal for most kinds of music nor movies. I have had some other speakers Infinity, JBL, B&W, Polk, and with them I could listening for hours music and watching movies and stuff, but with these Onkyo I can't stand more than 3-4 hours before It gets annoying. I have Sony and Yamaha receivers, so I don't know If I should get an Onkyo receiver and see if it gets better. If so, I'll update my review.
Final thoughts:
They sound nice but fronts and subwoofer could sound better (In my opinion), but again this is kind of a cheap product so there you have it. Best thing you could do is attach this speakers to a Middle-High-End receiver, otherwise you won't get a decent sound.
