Adorama has
Energy Connoisseur CF-70 6.5" 300W 3-Way Floorstanding Speaker (Pair, Black, 1009477 B) on sale for $799.98 - $550.98 when you apply coupon code
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$249.
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- Note: Orders placed during the Sukkot Holiday (Fri 9/25 after 1PM ET - Sun 10/4) will ship Mon 10/5.
Details:
- Energy Connoisseur CF-70 3-way tower; black ash cabinet; 7-layer polyester gloss-black baffle
- Two 6.5" woofers with patented Ribbed Elliptical Surrounds; 5.5" midrange; aluminum-dome tweeter; Convergent Source Module
- 300 W peak; 34 Hz–20 kHz
- Dual gold-plated 5-way binding posts
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Community Reviews
The CF 70 towers come across as a crisp, open sounding pair that excels at instrument separation and clear vocal placement, especially with Audyssey tuning. They can fill a small to medium room with strong output, and pairing them with a sub brings the low end closer to full range. The main tradeoff is that the bass does not reach true sub bass punch on its own, so a dedicated sub may still be needed for the deepest kick drum impact. A matching Energy center is also suggested for home theater use.
The CF-70 towers can deliver crisp sound with a more open soundstage when paired with an Audyssey-tuned Denon AVR.
The CF-70 towers can make it easier to pick out individual instruments and place voices during playback.
The CF-30 experience with a JBL 550P sub through an Audyssey-equipped receiver produced great sound in a small-to-medium living room.
A center-channel upgrade can improve TV and movie dialogue performance when building an LCR setup around these speakers.
The CF-70 towers may sound less warm and may deliver less sub-bass punch than expected without adding a .1 subwoofer channel.
The CF-70 towers can fall short of party-speaker deep bass impact for kick-drum style live-rock realism without additional low-end boosting.
Older Energy speakers may require capacitor recapping depending on whether the production is new and what capacitor types were used.
Using a non-matching center speaker can limit home-theater dialogue output, which may reduce the benefit of pairing towers with the wrong center.
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Unless you know yourself to be pathologically OCD, ignore the usual "timbre matching" superstition that still hangs around the neck of the audio world like a stinking albatross.
Google:
"Energy speakers are currently part of Premium Audio Company, LLC, under the Klipsch Group brand portfolio. Premium Audio Company was formerly owned by VOXX International, which was acquired by Gentex Corporation in April 2025. Thus, the ultimate current owner is Gentex."
And I am sure the Jamos are not any better, more likely worse.
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Unless you know yourself to be pathologically OCD, ignore the usual "timbre matching" superstition that still hangs around the neck of the audio world like a stinking albatross.
People go to the extreme and suggest using identical(timber matching) speakers for your LCRs for a reason!
A center is important because it's designed mainly for dialog.
Dialog is not the majority of sound in the average surround content imo.
https://www.adorama.com/used-ener...ausens10
Unless you know yourself to be pathologically OCD, ignore the usual "timbre matching" superstition that still hangs around the neck of the audio world like a stinking albatross.
Imagine your HT setup as a running-dominant NFL team. You wouldn't want to have the skinny 150lb guy who usually punts or kicks field goals playing fullback, right? 😄
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