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(More customer reviews)I consider myself an average audiophile. I have used a lot of equipment over the last 10 years and have spent countless hours reading reviews here and on other forums. This review is of the Acoustimass 16 (AM16) series II.
I'm using the AM16 as "surround speakers." With that, I'm only using 4 of the satellites and the "bass" module. I have Polk Monitor 60 fronts and a Polk CS2 center that I will not replace with these speakers. I have and love a (MFW) 15" sub made by a company I don't like. I highly recommend you get a "true subwoofer" if you are going to spend this kind of money on surround speakers.
I call them surround speakers because they are *not* full range speakers that can accurately produce the entire frequency range. The Polk Monitor 60 speakers are full range speakers that you should consider if you want a relatively small footprint in a good speaker. Yes, they are 1,000 times bigger than the Bose cubes, and there's a reason for the size (and it isn't to take up space).
So now that you know how I use them, here's what I think of the sound quality.
Bass modulator- this thing is a great "mid bass module." Plenty of mid-bass slam for music and to round out the sound from your real sub. The AM16 modulator has 3 5.25" drivers, the AM10 has 2. This was the reason I purchased the AM16 for a few hundred more than the AM10.
If you don't have a dedicated sub and are considering these speakers as your only speakers, take a look at the Polk RM705 on Amazon. Onko and Sony also make speaker sets for under $400 that more than compete with the sound quality of this system.
So when should you buy this package? For me, I bought it because I wanted wall mountable, swiveling, speakers that would serve the purpose of presence and surround speakers and get more displacement on the bass.
This is a lot to pay for a seemingly small benefit, but my wife did want something that looks nice. As you probably already know, the AM16 probably has the highest wife acceptance factor (WAF) around. My budget for speakers was such that the cost of these was not a deciding factor. The polk RM705 was another option for sure, but the mounting was not what I was looking for.
You'll read a lot of reviews of people essentially defending their purchases because they spend a good amount of hard earned money on these things and don't want to feel dumb. This is especially true for this company's products. My review is an attempt at an unbiased opinion, I hope this help you.
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The Acoustimass 16 Series II home entertainment speaker system, our best home theater speaker system, provides the cinematic depth of six speaker surround sound for your home entertainment. It works with your 6.1-channel receiver and your home theater components to bring Bose? quality sound to movies, TV, sports and music. A horizontal center-channel speaker complements flat-panel TVs and blends nicely into your décor.The Acoustimass 16 surround sound speaker system increases the impact of home theater listening with a rear center speaker for even greater drama and realism.This heightened experience in music and motion picture listening is largely aided by a powered Acoustimass module for exceptional sound that appears to come only from the small speaker arrays.Imagine your favorite movie with Bose 6.1 surround sound. Footsteps on the sidewalk behind you. A flute playing to your left. Voices, front and center. The Direct/Reflecting? cube speaker arrays-barely over 6" high-deliver sound you'd expect from speakers many times their size. And the horizontal center-channel speaker keeps dialogue focused on the screen and complements flat-panel TVs.
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