BIC Acoustech Owners Thread - Page 59

Originally Posted by onkyojammin

How do you guys like the PL-26 center sound?I know for the money it's good but how does it really sound I want to push it with an Onkyo 806 THX Rec.Thank you!

Originally Posted by d3adpool

thought i'd chime in on this thread. I recently bought and received my PL-89 Home Theater system off ebay. I have had it for a few days, and it's an awesome setup. The pl-89 towers and the pl-29 center sound very crisp, while not too harsh although like lilmike2069 i turned the treble up even more b/c that's my taste. They're not nearly as harsh as my friend's Klipsch reference series setup. The ht-63s blend with the towers and center perfectly. I was never quite the believer in having matching surrounds with the front 3 speakers as i had the Sony SS-B3000 speakers and let me tell you there's a huge tonal difference between them. I am totally satisfied with the speakers however the bic h-100 leaves me wanting more for a sub. Don't get me wrong the sub is good for the money without question, but i'm heavily into car audio plus my friend has the axiom ep500 and it kicks ass. The axiom is a 1200-dollar sub so of course it cannot compare. Anyone stepping up from a htib sub will love it and i like it, just don't love it. The bass from it isn't as consistent as other subs i've heard in the 35hz and below range but again for $250 it's a steal. I'm currently looking at purchasing an mfw-15 or an epik subwoofer. All in all, i'm very happy with the acoustech speakers, they sound awesome for the amount paid for them.

Originally Posted by onkyojammin

How do you guys like the PL-26 center sound?I know for the money it's good but how does it really sound I want to push it with an Onkyo 806 THX Rec.Thank you!

Originally Posted by Mudweizer



Build quality is the same, real nice. I still have to wire up my surround sounds so I haven't really did a comparison as of yet. I did listen to some music and I really like having 2 subs compared to 1. I think either sub is a good choice.

Originally Posted by BTR

I plan on purchasing this system and my thoughts were if If I thought the sub was lacking I'd swap it out with another subwoofer.

I'm a big car audio fan myself.

what ebay vendor did you get it from? did you submit a best offer price?

Originally Posted by calnbs

d3adpool,

Congrats on your new speakers. Enjoy them. I came very close to buying Accoustech set up myself but expanded my budget at the very last minute.

I completely understand about coming from the car audio side and finding disappointment in the home audio subwoofer. I feel the same. I know that there is a LARGE difference between the space in a car and a house. But yeah....I long for that feeling again.

I own a cheap Dayton 12 inch sub which I bought for $150. It got great reviews but I was quite disappointed when I got it. But for the price I paid....I guess it was decent.

2nd subwoofer I owned is the MFW 15. I say its good for Home Theater but I find it ok only for music, especially bass driven type of music like rap. Still one MFW 15 still can't give me the same feeling like my 2 JL Audio car subwoofers when it comes to music. Those 2 JL Audio would rattled office windows as I drive by them....the good old days....I think you might need 2 MFW 15...So far, one is good but not quite good enough for me. But those suckers are so HUGE, I don't have space for another one.

BTW, just be aware of MFW's amp failure problems if you decide to go that direction. AV123 are in the proccess of replacing the amp with a new one. If you can wait...I would wait until the new amps are install first before ordering them.

Originally Posted by borokokok

it's very great.. [IMG]http://www.********************/pics/6/7.gif[/IMG]

Originally Posted by formulanerd

now that a few people have the newer PL models... can you take some pictures of your setups without grills?

Originally Posted by formulanerd

nice, i thought the 89's would be huge, and i had planned on getting the 76's.... but now i'm worried the 76's are going to be too small.

also, sonically, i think it helps to have the larger drivers with such a large horn, since the 76's uses smaller drivers but the same horn, it may be a little overbearing.

Originally Posted by d3adpool


Nevermind the wiring, and i only took pics of the front 3 speakers b/c the rears and sub are from the old line.

Originally Posted by d3adpool

are you referring to the towers or the sub?? the pl-89/pl-76 line is a newer model and doesn't have the black dustcaps.

Originally Posted by BTR

I was under the impression that the PL-76s still had the dustcaps and the PL-89s didnt.

Originally Posted by ousooner2

Wow....are those woofers PINK?

Originally Posted by formulanerd

champagne!

lol


spoke with eric with a few concerns.

#1, when will the PL-66 replace the HT-63 as surrounds that match?
#2, when will the PL-200 sub be included as matching instead of the H-100/PA-120?



If you buy either system at the list price I will ship it with the PL-200.
The surrounds will not be in for 2 more months. Though they are the same speaker and design as the ht63.

Eric Winston
(800)691-6914
www.sounddistributors.com
Sent from my iPhone




I think i'm gonna ride the ebay cashback wave to see how high it goes, it's currently at 14%, i'd like to have the PL-200 for sure, and i'd rather wait for the PL-66 vs the HT-63, but it's not a deal breaker at this point... we'll see what live does with the cashback.... if i can get the 89's and PL-200 for under $900 shipped, i'll pull the trigger even if the HT-63's are included.

Originally Posted by ousooner2

haha thanks for the clarification guys! I think the Live Cashback is up to 20% right now...at least that's what i've heard