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Comment on Onkyo SKS-HT870 SKS-HT870 Home Theater Speaker System by Darren M. Ottey

Darren M. Ottey — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:12:13 +0000

Very solid system, i have it hooked up to a denon 1910 and works great, right now my whole set up includes a samsung ln52b750, xbox360,ps3 and a samsung bd-p3600 and it all works great together!! movies are great and so are the video games!! speakers are alot louder than expected…. also the speakers were easy to hang on my walls, they all have a single keyhole. Also the system came with its own speaker cables!! if your just getting into the whole home theather game like i am!! try these out!! they are worth the price!! very solid system
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Onkyo SKS-HT870 SKS-HT870 Home Theater Speaker System by R. Hamelin

R. Hamelin — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:12:00 +0000

I recommend this system without hesitation. Great sound, great price. Nice look. Easy setup.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Onkyo SKS-HT870 SKS-HT870 Home Theater Speaker System by D. Williams

D. Williams — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:28:08 +0000

This is tough. Lets do the good.

Sounds awesome! Looks good, easy to setup. For the money I really dare to find competition. Playing video with DTS Audio is amazing with my onkyo receiver and this speaker package. Comes with color coded wire but is a little low in gauge if you ask me. All in all, the Product is really sharp, well designed, attractive but neutral and not overkill.

To the bad. As stated in another review Onkyo states in the manual shipped with mine there is an I-Pod dock included and was also described here on amazon as included. I tore the cardboard and foam apart looking for it and thought I must be the unlucky guy. No the case. For whatever reason they stopped shipping with the dock. Onkyo made no mention of this, and denies it even ever came with one!! The support and response I got was appalling. I was treated like an idiot and as if I was wasting their time. I along with other Amazon customers have proof of false advertising and hope to get this resolved.

Bottom Line. Product=Great Company=Awful

I will NEVER buy another Onkyo product in my life. The only saving grace you might have is if you buy from Amazon you can always rely on Amazon to correct or make of for Onkyo's blatant short comings. They simply do not care about you the customer, and whats more is they seem to make that very clear to you. I am honestly offended by there practices. Good luck. Rating: 3 / 5

Comment on Onkyo SKS-HT870 SKS-HT870 Home Theater Speaker System by P. W. Naing

P. W. Naing — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:28:57 +0000

I contact Onkyo support asking what is the best match 7.1 home theater system for the receiver I had. The guy give me this set of speakers. All I can say is, “I deeply appreciate it”. Especially, when listen to the dts hd master.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Onkyo SKS-HT870 SKS-HT870 Home Theater Speaker System by Bobby

Bobby — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:21:31 +0000

Onkyo states in the shipping documents that this item comes with the ipod docking station and they did send it before with the docking station but the item I recieved did not include it and when I made calls to find out why, I was simply told that if I don’t like it I can return it, knowing full well that the items are too bulky to resent and the cost is prohebitive of doing so.

The service is an important part of an item and as far as I am concerned this is the last time I buy anything from Onkyo as I know most other customer services will not simply tell you to take it or leave it, and tell you not to bother contacting them!
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on Bose VCS-10 Center Channel – Speaker, home theater sound for component systems – Black by JH

JH — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:15:17 +0000

I bought this speaker about one year ago from Best Buy, very disappointed. The sound quality is terrible, I have two presence channel $15 KLH speakers that sound better than this. No high end speakers have cabinets made of plastic, hence why Bose is not high end. After a year of misery on my ears, I’ve replaced this with a Paradigm center speaker that only cost $20 more, and the difference is not even comparable. Do not buy this, or any Bose product at all. Save your money and buy Paradigm, B&W, or similar, most of the time they cost a little bit more, but sometimes actually less and are actually high end speakers, and you will get your money’s worth.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on Bose VCS-10 Center Channel – Speaker, home theater sound for component systems – Black by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:46:36 +0000

Like everyone else has said, this thing is a waste of money. I have had mine for 3 years now and have not once been able to hear the actors speaking during a movie. I thought it was my tuner, but it must be this piece of garbage
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on Bose VCS-10 Center Channel – Speaker, home theater sound for component systems – Black by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:52:04 +0000

I bought this center channel because I needed a really thin channel to fit in a tight spot by my television. I also bought into the Bose marketing machine garbage during an earlier period of my life, which I am ashamed to admit to now.

Don’t buy this thing. It really is garbage. This has got to be the worst example of spending $200 in my life. Dialogue on movies is unintelligible and you cannot hear a thing people are saying. I have to put English language dialogue on the screen in order to follow the movie when I can’t completely crank the stereo. Honestly!

My British mother-in-law was visiting us here in the California and complained on numerous occasions about her inability to understand any dialogue in the movies we watched. What an embarrassment…having my surround sound system dyssed by my kid’s middle-aged British grandmother.

I don’t know what other center-channel you should buy, but do yourself a favor and stay far away from this one. It really is little more than an expensive paperweight. I’m going to get rid of mine soon so that I can start actually start listening to the actors in movies, instead of having to lip read.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment on Bose VCS-10 Center Channel – Speaker, home theater sound for component systems – Black by Angel Ramirez

Angel Ramirez — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:14:02 +0000

Mine looks great... do not plug it in (cables are ugly), use it as a sculpture! The shiny BOSE logo alone is worth the $200.

Strengths:
-It does not cost over $1000
-The BOSE logo is 100% authentic.
-Wife like it.

Weaknesses:
-None. It looks great!

Similar Products Used:
-Paper weight
-Broken old radio Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Bose VCS-10 Center Channel – Speaker, home theater sound for component systems – Black by James Bond

James Bond — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:52:55 +0000

I have heard this speaker and it is great! It make voices sound like they were in front of you for movies, and for music voices sound like you were in a concert with the artist in front of you! I would get one of these but I already have a Bose Hometheater so no need for this :) Dont ever listen to reviews.. Bose is perfect at making ACCURATE and LIFELIKE clear spacious and bassy sound.

For Bose Haters and Criticizers..

If you say Bose distorts you have never heard their systems! Bose systems NEVER distort! The reviewers saying that are crazy! They havent even gone to a Bose Store! Then they say the materials Bose uses are crap and they use paper.. I own Klipsch speakers and the Bose materials are almost like Plastic! The Klipsch are plain paper I could break with a pencil!! Then they say Bose speakers rely on reflecting sound.. they dont! the reflected sound just adds spaciousness and by the way, only some Bose speakers use the reflecting technology, so Bose haters can shut up and go to h-ll! They claim to be experts and have a lot of knowledge about Bose, but trust me, Ive compared A LOT to Bose, and Klipsch, Polk, Infinity and anything you name will always be a level below Bose.
Rating: 5 / 5