Great sounds for the price | ONKYO SKS-HT240 Home Theater Speaker Kit

Can't beat these speakers for the price! | ONKYO SKS-HT240 Home Theater Speaker Kit

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	• ONKYO SKS-HT240 Home Theater Speaker Kit ONKYO ONKYO average customer review:based on 23 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I love them too!

Although I don't have much to add compared to the other reviews, I wanted to chime in to indicate I think these are great speakers for the price. I've had them installed in my home theatre in my basement for the last two years. Hooked up to an Onkyo AV receiver and DVD player, Xbox, and Cable TV, I have been very happy with the sound. I'd consider myself an "average" homeowner. I've got a 42" plasma TV kind of a setup. Unless you are VERY selective about your sound, I think most anyone would be very happy with these speakers. The subwoofer seems to be of high quality... I noted at that time (2 yrs ago) that this seemed to be a point of weakness with some other speaker sets -- folks weren't happy with the highs & lows of some home theatre speakers. These seem to perform very well with the full range in my opinion... again, from the point of view of an "average" person.

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Great sounds for the price

These speakers look and sound great. For the price, I am very pleased with my purchase. The left, right, and center channels look awesome hung next to my flat screen on the wall. I purchased Onkyo speaker stands ( which were made specifically for these speakers) for my rear channels. Even the speaker stands are very attractive. The sub woofer was a bit larger than I expected, but it sure does shake the house. Great buy!

Can't beat these speakers for the price!

These speakers look sexy and of quality built, even the subwoofer is of elegant design and a pleasure to look at.
I have them connected to an Onkyo TX-SR804 and right out of the box the sound did not impressed me but with a little bit of tweaking I was more than happy with my new speakers. The subwoofer delivers well-defined and punchy lows. The mid and upper frequencies are clear and crisp.
I listen to a wide range of music and these speakers have delivered all that I was hoping for; classical and jazz sound reproduction is outstanding. Action movies and video games sound is really nice as well.
Bottom line: awesome sound but need a little tweaking, beautiful aesthetics. I don't think you can buy better speakers for less than 2-3 times of what you are paying here.

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Great Speakers

These are great speakers for my home theater system. They are definitely worth the price.

Optimum blend of price & performance

I spent a great deal of time researching a home theater system that fit my requirements. Online reviews were the single largest source of information and the biggest input to my decision. I'm hoping this review will aid someone in the same manner in the future.

First, a few words about my situation - we have a largish (20 X 20 X 25) family room with a 50 inch DLP (a Samsung HL-R5067W) in a corner. The room has large floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the right side, solid walls on two sides, and an open back, which overlooks the kitchen area. In short, a difficult acoustic situation. I needed a system that could fill this large space with sound, yet be crisp enough for dialogues. Plus, this was going to be our main music system as well, so it had to do a good job with music CDs and MP3s, with a large mix of genres and styles.

Since this is the family room (roamed by our curious 2 yr old, with spillover noise from the kitchen etc), we didn't want to spend the world either. The understanding was that we'd budget about $1000 for this system, reserving the future 'media room' for the _really_ good system.

Other requirements were: speakers should be medium sized (not as small as bose, but not large either), preferably in silver.

As mentioned earlier, I looked at many systems online, ranging from HTIB systems (Home Theater in a Box) to separate speakers that ran to hundreds of dollars each. We went to Best Buy, Flanners, American etc to listen to some setups, comparing Denon, Yamaha, Sonys and eventually this Onkyo set.

This Onkyo set has almost a 'perfect' review everyplace you see them online. That's what really made me take notice. And when I actually listened to them at American TV, they beat everything comparable, and then some. So we bought them online (from Vanns.com, actually), and haven't regretted them for a moment.

They do have a couple issues - one, and this is highly subjective, is that I don't care for the stainless steel top, bottom and linings (a little too flashy for our taste). They are a little on the large side, with the subwoofer being pretty big. Also, more importantly, you'll need a few tweaks to get them to play up to their full potential. But that's about it.

As many others have attested before me, the sound from movies will change your movie reviews, and to really top it all, Dave Matthews sounds like he's pretty much sitting in my family room (well, I'm exaggerating, but only a little). The subwoofer is beyond good - it produces a low rumble that's almost visceral.

I paired these speakers with an Onkyo TX-SR574S receiver, and the results are delightful. You will need a good receiver so that you can change the sound levels and distance to different speakers individually. I needed to do that before they started sounding really good. You also will need good, thick speaker cables. Not Monster cable - they are a waste of money - but good (16 gauge at least) speaker wire and a better subwoofer cable than what comes with the set.

The entire set cost me about $700, including $100 for good cables. So we have $300 left over for a HTPC I'm building.

And now for the most important measure of all - my wife, who hates sci-fi movies, sat through 'The Fifth Element' from the beginning to the end, including the credits. This one's a keeper.

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