Boston Acoustics Owners Thread - Page 93

I am researching for budget speakers for my HT. I am new to this and coming from a HTIB.

room size 20X19, carpeted and drapes, room open to kitchen.

I though I would buy the polk 75t after listening to polks in the store the TSI300, but have heard the polk T series is similar.

Now I just found out about the BA spears and would want to get some more info.

I really like the glossy black look of these speakers.

Which would you guys recommend. Budget $200 max for front speakers each.

I like crisp and clean sound, which I head from the polks so that's why I though I would get those but if the BA's are similar in sound than might as well get these which looks o much better.

after 2 weeks of research thinking about Energy, Klipch, Ascend, and more... I decided to replace my 20 year old pair of Polk S4's with Boston A25's... they come tomorrow. I will be driving them with an Onkyo-TX8050 and using a Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player for my CD player (it's Wolfson DAC is decent). I have a Velodyne Impact-10 for bass.. I am eager to get them in place and start break-in. This is my first Boston Acoustics purchase ever.

edit: they have arrived... they sound amazing out of the box... breaking in with Madonna ray of light... I read this was a cd with exceptional audio quality... Dire Straights brothers in arms is next up... then Depechemode violator.





I know they are up high... still sounds great my chair.

edit2: having spent some time with these I am very happy with them. very clear, precise with a large accurate sound stage for such a small speaker... and the bass response is better than expected. I have definitely heard things in songs I never heard with the polks... right out of the box they were a little bright but have mellowed out a bit after 36 some odd hours of music playing..
Edited by r3v3nant - 4/21/13 at 9:36pm

Hey gang, fellow Boston owner here. At a local garage sale a guy is selling 2 CR77s and a CRC7 center channel and wants 180 for all 3. Is this a good deal? I understand the VR series is the main go to 90s/00s model, but are the CRs still decent? I have 2 A360s up front with an A26 as a center and would probably add the CR77s as rears and sell the center on eBay or something. Good deal? Bad? Just buy the Boston Classic II on Accessories4Less for my rear speakers? Thanks!

I am not sure ... I am new to Boston Acoustics but it's nice to see some life in this thread.

Looks like the ratings on the CR77's is good

Yeah I'm new to BA as well. After buying some of the A series gear, I've developed a sort of brand loyalty towards them it seems! Bought them on a whim due to how cheap they are at Accesories4Less.com and they replaced my Polks, Alesis, and Premier Acoustics. Saw these CR77's at the garage sale, thought "OH Bostons!" and convinced the guy to hold on them for me for a few days while I research.

A360 review on Audioholics



http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/speakers/floorstanding/boston-acoustics-a360/boston-acoustics-a360-measurements-and-analysis

I am LOVING my A25s... they are amaZING!

Reviewer says that both the midrange and the woofers use "fake" phase plugs (glued-on dust caps that look like phase plugs).
But from the pics I've seen, it looks like the woofers actually have real phase plugs (pole piece extensions, actually).
I do agree about the midrange having a dust cap.

Anyone know if he is correct about the woofers?