Very competent speakers, especially for home theater | Athena LS-500B Floorstanding Speaker, Single (Black...

Good quality - bass is just right | Athena LS-500B Floorstanding Speaker, Single (Black Ash)

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	• Athena LS-500B Floorstanding Speaker, Single (Black Ash) Athena Athena average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Great Speakers for the price

Upgraded from old little sony shelf speakers to these guys. Sound quality is great and they look great too. Plus you can't beat the price for this high of quality speaker. I got free shiping which was great but the only downside to that is they ship FedEx Ground, who is natoriously inflexable with delivery times and will not alow you to pick up at other FedEx locations. So even though I have a FedEx Express location 3 miles from where I live I had to drive 50 miles round trip to go pick these up from the FedEx ground location.

Very competent speakers, especially for home theater

...they lack the subtlety and neutrality I would prefer for music, but for presenting solid detail, a large soundstage, and being a fairly easy load to drive, these are excellent.

They are also quite attractive with the curved sides, which may not be as clearly visible in the pics.

I don't think I would pay nearly six hundred dollars for a pair like Amazon is selling them for, but for three hundred eighty shipped from audioadvisor dot com, I am quite happy with this purchase.

The break-in instructions are quite true: after leaving these speakers running for about 4 days continuously (an FM station) they really do blossom and open up. So don't judge them from their out-of-the-box performance, give 'em some time and you'll be quite pleased!

Never heard of the "Athena" make before? Here's some background on the company I dug up online: "Athena Technologies is one of the three speaker brands owned by Audio Products International (API), the huge Canadian speaker manufacturer. The other brands are Mirage Speakers and Energy Speakers, two highly respected names in audio. Think of Athena as API's "value" line. Because they're sold in Best Buy and Future Shop retail outlets across North America, it isn't obvious that these speakers have an audiophile pedigree. Athena speakers, however, are meticulously designed and tested in state-of-the-art facilities, including a large anechoic chamber, at API's headquarters in Toronto."

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Good quality - bass is just right

I wanted to purchase the Athena AS-F2 but ended up going with the LS 500 instead. I'm powering these with a Yamaha. The LS 500 sound really good with the Yamaha because they tone down the 'brightness' of the Yamaha. I am not even using a subwoofer yet these speakers have a nice deep bass for music and movies. They are smaller in size than the original AS-F2 but are quite heavy. These have a clean finish. I would not trade them for anything else. I love these speakers. Got mine on sale at audioadvisor.com for $149 each. The rest of my setup include Athena C2 for center and a pair of AS-B2 for back surrounds. Trust me, you will be amazed at the quality of these speakers.

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