[medatom]

Looking for a very good soundbar to fit my small living room. Came across this 1500-Watt Audiophile 5.1 Speaker Bar Home Theater System exclusively sold by dell. Right now it's on sale.

I would really appreciate if any of you could chime in about how good this system is?.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Augerhandle]

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Originally Posted by medatom Looking for a very good soundbar to fit my small living room. Came across this 1500-Watt Audiophile 5.1 Speaker Bar Home Theater System exclusively sold by dell. Right now it's on sale. I would really appreciate if any of you could chime in about how good this system is?. Thanks in advance.

Can't comment because there are no specs listed. Actually, that is a comment. No specs=Big Red Flag.

 

[medatom]

This is from pinnacle speaker website(manufacturer) about this system.


CENTER & FRONT CHANNELS: (1) BD BAR 37, Audiophile 9-Element Speaker Bar, Real Piano Lacquer Finish


REAR CHANNELS: (2) BD 100, 3" 2-Way Universal Satellite Speakers, Real Piano Lacquer Finish


POWERED SUBWOOFER: (1) PS SUB 300, 12", 300 Watt Front Firing Sub

 

[Augerhandle]



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Originally Posted by medatom /forum/post/20815595


This is from pinnacle speaker website(manufacturer) about this system.


CENTER & FRONT CHANNELS: (1) BD BAR 37, Audiophile 9-Element Speaker Bar, Real Piano Lacquer Finish


REAR CHANNELS: (2) BD 100, 3" 2-Way Universal Satellite Speakers, Real Piano Lacquer Finish


POWERED SUBWOOFER: (1) PS SUB 300, 12", 300 Watt Front Firing Sub

From

http://www.pinnaclespeakers.com/bdbar37.html

Quote:
Component Drivers:

• (3) 1" liquid cooled silk dome tweeters
• (6) 3" polymer cone woofers with butyl surrounds

Frequency Response: 100 - 20 kHz (+/- 3 dB)
Sensitivity: 88 dB per channel @ 1 Watt / 0.5 Meter (2.83 Volts Pink Noise)

vs

http://www.amazon.com/Bic-Watt-Chann.../dp/B002IT1FFU

Quote:
Design: 625 watt 3 or 5 Discrete Channel Bar Speaker System with wall mounts
Frequency Response: 37Hz-23kHz
Sensitivity: 96dB @ 1 watt, 1 meter, high efficiency output to 116dB

Sensitivity is measured at 1 meter. It's an industry standard. Why does Pinnacle measure it at half that, which produces an inflated figure of double the power? I'll give you 3 guesses.

A low frequency response of only 100 Hz for a Left Right Center combo? Surrounds should go down to 70-80 Hz, so what does that tell us?


The Bic specs are just an example. Compare the Klipsch G42 soundbar http://www.klipsch.com/gallery-g-42-soundbar , or any other brand you find.

 

[medatom]

Thanks a lot for the information. I appreciate it.

 

[capecodorthopod]

Medatom what's your 1) budget 2) content mix HT vs music 3) characteristics of your space like cu.ft. and whether it's relatively sealed or open?

 

[medatom]

capecodorthopod


My budget is around $600. Normally its for movies but occasionally my wife wants to play FM radio as well. My living room is kind of small 25 x 12 with two opening on one wall (leading to the dining room and the kitchen).

Thanks for any help.

 

[capecodorthopod]

I have to say I'm partial to the surround field produced by the Yamaha YSP's after hearing several brands. The YSP 2200 has it's own subwoofer, the latest audio codecs and switches (3d) hdmi 1.4 and sounds quite good. The sub it comes with is decent for htib fare. It can be had for $800 at dealers and usually there's new but open box one's on Amazon for a couple hundred less.

I would consider JVC's if you have to spend less.

 

[Augerhandle]

The aforementioned Bic soundbar, the highly rated Bic F12 subwoofer http://www.amazon.com/BIC-America-F1.../dp/B0015A8Y5M , and two surrounds http://www.amazon.com/BIC-AMERICA-DV.../dp/B00006JPDF


All for under $520 shipped. That's just one option.

 

[Nightmare]

Every time I see the words "Audiophile" and "Speaker" right next to eachother I think of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_v...afety_concerns


I've actually seen these guys 2 times, once in Sacramento and once in Chicago. When I worked at a HT company up in Sacramento I had at least 4 or 5 calls about replacement parts...It's no fun to tell people they were scammed.

 

[Augerhandle]



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Originally Posted by Nightmare /forum/post/20837841


Every time I see the words "Audiophile" and "Speaker" right next to eachother I think of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_v...afety_concerns


I've actually seen these guys 2 times, once in Sacramento and once in Chicago. When I worked at a HT company up in Sacramento I had at least 4 or 5 calls about replacement parts...It's no fun to tell people they were scammed.

Yeah, I've also been approached a few times, but that has nothing to do with this thread, or the OPs request for info.

 

[av addiction]

Few years ago, I bought pinnacle P5.5 center channel speaker, it's a Platinum Performance Series, retails prices was around $700. But about a year later same speaker drop around 1/3 of the price. Wait if you can.

I have no complaint; the sound was very good, better than I thought (IMO)

Much better than PL26 Center.

The P5.5 has same configuration Premier Acoustic PA-4.4 speakers, but sound better.

But for $700, there are a lot of better speaker.
http://www.pinnaclespeakers.com/p5_5.html

 

[Elihawk]

I would bet the farm it cannot handle 1500 watts!

 

[Looneybomber]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Augerhandle /forum/post/20816361

Sensitivity is measured at 1 meter. It's an industry standard. Why does Pinnacle measure it at half that, which produces an inflated figure of double the power? I'll give you 3 guesses.

Well it's because the Pinnacle has a realistic sensitivity spec and uses half the distance because [email protected] looks bad. Bic lists 96db as their sensitivity which is likely true at one particular frequency (when their horn loaded tweets are making your ears bleed) and not averaged across the entire spectrum. I would "bet the farm" its sensitivity