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Just before I was about to fork over a hefty sum for a Klipsche, I read through an AV blog that mentioned this center channel and the Ed Frias modification he does to them. This speaker is not so dominant that it puts my other speakers to shame but the range this unit is capable of helps bring out all sorts of sounds I'm not sure I was able to hear before. He is great to work with, answers all your questions in a timely manner and his work is first class. All I have to say is WOW. If it plays a sound (of any kind) she is satisfied. After contacting Mr. I drank the Kool-Aid and purchased one of his "extensively modified"center channels. The robots actually sounded like they were changing right in my living room.
I had been searching. This speaker, however, made her sit and listen to her favorite movie soundtrack from start to finish. The highs are crips and clear without being overly harsh. I moved on and gave the speaker the musical test and it had no problem producing every chord of Rob Pattinson's acoustic guitar to hard hitting Linkin Park and their song "New Divide". Dollar for dollar, I am not sure you can find a better speaker and would HIGHLY recommend purchasing one of Ed's. The mids and low ends have more punch than I had with my previous Infinity center.
I was skeptical at first but continued to find posts on the net that highly praised these speakers that came from Ed. Some people out there may have their doubts but I recommend do like I did. The sound that comes out of this speaker is nothing short of amazing. make that scouring, the net for center channels that would be the best possible sound without taking out a mortgage on my home. Frias (efespeakers@commspeed.net) I was surprised to see his prices on the speakers he builds were lower than the factory built brand names I was looking at.
It is so clear that even my wife made a comment about it and she is a hard one to impress when it comes to home theater. You won't regret it. drink the Kool-Aid with the rest of us who have purchased this speaker. I recently purchased a BIC DV62CLRS from EFE (Ed Frias Enterprises). So like everyone who had written those posts.
I gave the speaker a workout with my favorite movie, Transformers, and I could certainly tell a difference right away.
However, I think to beat the sound quality of this BIC you would have to spend at least $300 on a center channel speaker. Over all I am satisfied and will keep this one. I would say it does not perform quite as well with music though. It does deliver excellent voice reproduction, clear and crisp for movies. For the price, you just can't beat it. This center channel is a good deal. It can sound a little mid-rangy at times, but that could be my room acoustics too. I have a set of older Infinity Sterling 2004 series speakers for the left and right mains and they sound a bit more natural.
The speaker produces excellent sound quality at the range expected for a center speaker. It is comparatively large, so you might check the dimensions for your available space; this was not a concern for me.This speaker is part of a 3.1 setup I am currently using; my next step would be to strongly consider BIC America Venturi DV64 2-Way Tower Front Speakers.
The addition of this speaker to my 7.1 system has made a bigger difference than any other component. I am very happy with the speaker.
Excellent buy. No complaints except for the condition of the package. Solid build quality. I was tempted to just send it right back without opening it, but once I opened it, everything looked fine, and it all works just great. I ordered this speaker just on the reviews alone and I agree with what was previously said already. Great speaker for the price. It looked beat up as if someone had tried, unsuccessfully, to open it already.
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