expiredtDames | Staff posted Feb 12, 2026 04:32 PM
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expiredtDames | Staff posted Feb 12, 2026 04:32 PM
Sony SS-CS3M2 3-Way 4-Driver Hi-res Floorstanding Speakers (Pair) $319.99 + Free Shipping
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If you already have a sub and/or plan to buy one anyway, you'd be better off with a $300-350/pr of high quality bookshelf speakers instead---e.g. Emotiva XB1, Ascend 170SE, etc.
You point to one of issues imo.
This insinuation that towers are only a VISUAL benefit and or a sub negates a need for them.
Physics being what it is,ANY speaker(ie subwoofer) those extra inches does make a difference and can be well worth it ime.
The other issue, partly because of this mindset, more people are going to the modern version of Bose...... soundbars.
Well Sony's name doesn't point to quality with speakers nowadays.
You point to one of issues imo.
This insinuation that towers are only a VISUAL benefit and or a sub negates a need for them.
Physics being what it is,ANY speaker(ie subwoofer) those extra inches does make a difference and can be well worth it ime.
The other issue, partly because of this mindset, more people are going to the modern version of Bose...... soundbars.
Towers are VISUAL luxuries if one has even a half decent subwoofer in play. A well-chosen $400 pair of bookshelf speakers with a $500 sub will eat any $900 pair of towers for lunch. Hell it will eat $3000/pr towers for lunch too.
People go into soundbars because they're relatively cheap, and because the audiophool world is full of pompous snobs and angry OCD nerds who are quick to tell people "just get a soundbar" if they are not eager to blow big wads of cash. Most of the time these audiophools are just stuck in a narcissistic circle jerk of advocating for the same products THEY already own. Nauseating blowhards.
$700 is relatively cheap for a soundbar!?
These are a "solid deal" at $320!?
$400 bookshelves + $500 sub produces better "quality" than a $3000 towers!!!!
Please by all means give us specific examples of all 3 of these speakers & subs!?
I would say you need to get out more often!
$700 is relatively cheap for a soundbar!?
These are a "solid deal" at $320!?
$400 bookshelves + $500 sub produces better "quality" than a $3000 towers!!!!
Please by all means give us specific examples of all 3 of these speakers & subs!?
Ascend 170SE bookshelves ($400 shipped brand new, $300 shipped B-stock) with RSL 10s sub ($450) powered by any AVR with bass management,
would run circles around
SVS Ultra tower ($3k/pr)
YOU need to "get out more" Rob---try extracting your head from your retail-brands-only backside. 😆
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53hz(if you're lucky) & ask a 10" 400 watt sub to make up the difference in a large open environment!!!
Yea I'll take the Ultras in a heartbeat!
My GS20s drop that low & my SB3000R kicks the s**t out of that 10s and I still don't use/need a sub!!!
Heck my GS10s that drop to 40, even with that sub still didn't perform better!!!
That's just physics, quality comes at a price no way around that ime!
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