Boston Acoustics Owners Thread - Page 91

Have you been checking at AC4L because of budget restrictions?
The bookshelf speaker will have better tonal balance, imaging and
soundstage presentation. However the center channel will not be a
loser. It all comes down to you.

Everything you're saying makes perfect sense.Would it sound ok laid on it's side? I have my current center mounted on top of my tv,just think that it would look odd mounted upright. No budget restrictions,always looking for a bargain.

If you are going to turn a bookshelf on its side - then just go with a regular center.
The bookshelf is voiced to be vertical >> if using a bookshelf on top of a TV, then
turn it upside down - so the tweeter will be closer to your ear.

Thanks so much for all your help.Decided to go with the A225C,just ordered from acc4less

I Will need an external amp for my kit !?

I've got a few pairs of Boston Acoustics speakers and I'm trying to decide what to keep and what to sell/gift/donate.

My first pair are A150s with the real wood veneer (not vinyl). I believe they are Series II, from 1985 or so. The veneer is a little beat up but since it's real wood they could be refinished nicely. I blew the original woofers and went with Dayton Audio Classics as a replacement. I'm quite pleased with them.

On a whim, I snatched up another pair of used A150s, probably a little newer than the first pair, but still Series II from what I can tell. They have the fake wood (vinyl) finish. The original woofer surrounds were trashed so I refoamed them, but blew one (or maybe both) of the woofers a few months later being stupid in the wee hours of the morning. I tossed in another pair of Dayton Audio Classics, but I couldn't leave well enough alone and decided to play around with re-capping the crossovers too, and I haven't finished that project yet so they are out of commission for now.

I also have a pair of near-mint CR9s in storage. I like the sound of those, too, but not quite as much as the A150s. I'm not quite sure what to do with them.

Right now I'm using the older A150s as the main/front speakers in my HT setup, powered by a Pioneer VSX-1022-K. I have a pair of Pinnacle AC650s wired in series as a center channel. I'm thinking of getting more Pinnacles (maybe some from the BD series) to replace the A150s in the HT and get to a proper 5.1 configuration. The A150s just take up too much space and don't fit the living room decor anymore. But for pure music listening, they are hard to beat.

HI, i think the best choice... can you post pictures from inside the bass reflex ports (you can use blitz) because a lot of things there that obstruct as i saw at all A360?

Just noticed your post,I took a peek in the ports of both speakers and didn't see anything that would cause an issue.All I could see was a small section of one of the woofers. If you're thinking of getting these,I highly recommend them. Great for home theater and music:D

I liked their sound too but I can't be sure how much it was from the Yamaha receiver that i got recently.
Happens to have made a comparison on the same receiver with YAMAHA NS-777 linked to medium sound naturalness especially, speakers which are in the same price category?

Hi guys,

I feel like upgrading my Soundware S 5.1 3 fronts speakers and just keeping the 2 at the back as surrounds and someone suggested to upgrade to the Soundware XL, theyre not cheap, anyone uses them for home cinema purposes?, whats your take on them?, cheers

What is your max budget?

To be honest i was thinking for a max of 120 euro each speaker, from my country Malta they're about 150 euro each and if the sound is good as the soundware s sats and more i dont mind, and theres also the fact that i dont need to drill holes in the wall again to mount the brackets since i believe i can use the same ones of the soundware s (correct me if im wrong) which are already mounted to the wall, will sell the x3 S sats so ill get some money back anyway , im open to suggestions though thanks!

If you can stretch your budget - then I would take a hard look at them.

So in your opinion theyre a decent upgrade for a home cinema system right?, BA dont market them at all for this purpose and they should.

Hello, gents! I hope you will help me choose between A23 and A25...I had the chance to audition A25 and A26 side by side, using a good amplifier, and it clearly became apparent that the A25 had a more precise soundstage and more detail.Even a greasy bloody 128kbps mp3 soundsed shockingly nice, and I was able to identify a harmonica - I had always wondered wtf is that instrument in this weird song...I made the manager switch speakers 3 times...The A26 is too boomy, bassy and not well controlled, while A25 showed tighter bass.Using a USB DAC always means you will get strong bass.
I will place the speakers on my desk, close to the wall.I pushed both A25 and A26 to the wall with no problem, so I am sure all models would do fine.How are the A23, compared to the A25? I am after neutral speakers with wide soundstage and as much detail as possible.The price difference is insignificant, since they are entry-level speakers.

A23 is too small, which only has a 3.5" mid bass driver. Stick with the A25 which uses a 5.25" driver in a larger cabinet.

Plus if the price is insignificant, get the A25. Based on accessories4less.com pricing the difference is only $10/speaker.

I finally got the pair of A360 which i was saying, are wonderful, and I have two questions, the first is if it's normal to be the difference in the value of impedance to the two speakers.

Satin Cherry the colour.

Help! We've moved twice and now can't seem to find ceiling mounting clips for my Boston VRS Micro speakers- contacted Boston A
and they didn't have them anymore - looked online everywhere and no one has - any ideas? Looking for 2.

Looking for a center to match with a pair of A150 how would theCS 225C work if not any recomandtions would be great thanks!

Don't get you di-poles and bi-poles mixed up. Your MX's are 180* out of phase because of the passive radiator. Those are to "immerse" you in the sound field, assuming your passive radiator is positioned to the front of the room. For rears you want speakers in phase. That's where the M/EX come in. Both units are active. The M/EX were designed to be placed in the back of the room. I suggest looking at THX's 7.1 setup. I'd assume at this point, depending on room, you would be enveloped by sound.

Once this is done, use your M50's, to gift to me.

My current setup.

VR965 mains
VR12 center
VRX sides
Marantz SR9600 140WRMSx7 receiver
home built HTPC.

Age has gotten to my 965's, the mid's pop under heavy load around 90dB at the crossover point. This has caused one channel on my receiver to burn out.

Anyone else experience this with their VR's?

Call BA, they might have replacement drivers etc.

Called them, I think it is a compound problem thought. I'll just have to stay at 85dB.

How do Boston Acoustics A series sound? I see on Amazon the 5.0 package is available for $1196. This package includes:

(2) A360GB Floorstanding Loudspeakers
(2) A26GB Bookshelf Speakers
(1) A225CGB 2-Way Center Channel Speaker

How will these speaker setup work wih SVS PB1000 subwoofer? Will this be good enough in a basement ( L 36ft, W 16ft, H 7.5ft ) ? My primary use will be movies and music.

I have not had a chance to listen to these, and do not find much reviews online. So any information will be helpful.

I have the Boston Acoustics VR 960 mains (the predecessor to the 965s) and no such problems. Sorry to hear about your trouble.
I wonder if there are many of us still out there with VR series. I never hear much. I have auditioned several other speakers, but keep
coming back to my old Bostons.

They give a silent sound, not at all disturbing, i can sleep very well with it on, rich tonality and i think they provide as exact as possible sound freqvency.
The bass sometimes - some disco music - has a delayed and more pronounced echo than normal but i can live with that. i don't have another choice and i do not want another speakers. In headphones it didn't seem to show up.
The 8 ohm impedance is not equal to both which i have, i think they are not sold paired, and as i calculated one of the speakers is about 4% louder.

Hey gang, the deals at A4L have me really intrigued on a Boston setup. Right now I'm running 5 Alesis MK2 passive studio monitors and a Klipsch sub, been using it for a while and its time to upgrade I feel. From all the reviews, seems like the best bang for buck setups are these and the Pioneer. Fairly small room.

After reading how bad the center channel is on the A series, I started thinking which would be better - 3 A250s up front or 2 A360s and an A26 in center? Are the A360s much better than the 250? I mean the price on the 250s are pretty much so low, even lower than the A26, hell even lower than the center channel, that you can stock an entire room with them and not even notice any major damage on the wallet, guess that is why I'm so interested in them haha. If I go with the 250's, I can get my entire room to be 250s, where if I go with the 360, the backs will have to stay with the Alesis for the time being it seems. Trying to keep it under 600 and 5 A250s are in the 500s.

Any help appreciated. Thanks

"The Goal of the A Series
Boston's A Series speakers are ideal for either multichannel home theater or stereo-only music...
Boston's engineers utilized Laser Vibrometer Scanning and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to identify unwanted resonances in the loudspeaker with the goal of eliminating them to greatly improve performance"

The September 2011 edition of Hi-Fi Choice marks a double victory for Boston's A360 speakers. In addition to their fantastic five out of five rating the speakers have scooped the prestigous Hi-Fi Choice Recommended award also.
http://www.bostona.eu/en/loudspeakers_floorstanding_a360.php?dc=5131&gc=&btn=reviewsbutton&

Yeah the more and more I read about the A360, the more it seems to be so much more than the A250, and for only $79 more it seems to be a no brainer. So I guess the next question - 2 A360s and an A26 for the fronts, while keeping my Alesis MK2s for the rears... Will the mismatching "hurt"? I've seen on here not many people put much "quality" into their surrounds, opting for simple bookshelf styles while spending the big bucks on the L-C-R, so am I just over thinking this and the MK2s will work fine?

While I've been reading these forums and others for years, when it finally comes down to buy things i just get so much analysis paralysis!