Superb post! LOL! You must write for Home Theater Mag or Sound and Vision. Have you ever noticed that every single speaker they review they always use the same line: “This speaker sounds like a speaker costing several times more!” When I was trying to select between the Paradigm S8, Revel F52, B&W 804D, Dynaudio Contour, and Definitive 7000 every single review had some variation of that line. Every speaker graded exactly the same: 95 overall.
They like that 89+ average score a lot. What I like about my PSB's is that I feel like I bought the best darn speaker in the world. I only paid $515.00/pr. for a speaker that sounds like $1,030.00/pr. speakers. Let's be real at $515.00/pr. T45 is a very good speaker, but at $900.00/pr. Monitor Audio RS6 sound better, and at $1800.00/pr. (double RS6) you can get Salk Song Towers, which sound awesome, and at $3600.00/pr. (double the Song) you can get a pair of Salk Veracity or Spendor S or PSB Synchrony or MA Gold, all of which sound better than the Songs; and we can keep doubling.
Too many responses in this thread to read all..... But, I wouldn't touch these things with a 33 1/2 ft pole; especially if you have not heard them. How do you know they are not White Van speakers (which they look like to me)? Why not buy some of these...
1) The are most definitely not a "white van" speaker company. If in fact you had read a decent portion of this thread, you would know that. TSC is a relatively new ID company that looks to be a separate entity, but owned by D&M Holdings (apparent by the research done earlier in this thread such as domain owner, building address, etc.), who is the parent company for Denon, Marantz, Boston Acoustics, etc.
2) All of TSCs current offerings come with a 30 day satisfaction guarantee that provides for return shipping, so there's no out-of-pocket risk for that 30 day trial whatsoever. Haven't seen that offer from any "white van" speaker companies.
3) Seeing how the three you listed are known "white van" speakers, you might want to let folks know you're kidding, some folks actually look at these threads for informative purposes... -TD
Too many responses in this thread to read all..... But, I wouldn't touch these things with a 33 1/2 ft pole; especially if you have not heard them. How do you know they are not White Van speakers (which they look like to me)? Why not buy some of these...
And of course I am kidding about the speaker web sites listed above. They are excellent examples of bogus White Van speaker companies that have snazzy web sites. Having absolutely no experience with or exposure to TCS I was skeptical. I have been assured that TCS is legit.... But I would never buy a speaker that I could not audition first. Not sure how this works with Internet speaker companies. Me, I don't relish the idea of repacking speakers to send back to the Internet dealer because I didn't like the way they sounded. What a hassle....
Just wanted to make sure you weren't serious, all it takes is one newb to look at some of those sites, see their stuff and say "wow, those look nice and are so cheap!"
I hadn't heard of TSC or seen their speakers until I stumbled across this thread and decided to be the guinea pig. Actually it was kind of fun to give them a try by ordering them, run them through some demo material and match them up against some other bookshelfs I'm familiar with and see how they did.
Nick (GM of TSC) was kind enough to offer to send them out for a demo, but I thought I'd try to recreate the real customer scenario from start to finish and I was pretty pleased with the experience, not terribly difficult at all to deal with and get my credit for them. Heck, if I needed a relatively inexpensive set of bookshelfs (which my wife would quickly respond with "yeah, like another hole in your head" ), I would have kept these no question.
There's upsides and downsides to going the ID route, but if you're looking for a solid performing speaker, can demo it in your own listening environment and stand to save some money going ID, it's worth the hassle of the returns in the event you're not satisfied, IMHO.
look im not an audiophile i think its crazy to spend 1500+$$ on speakers
i have a kid a mortgage car payments etc...
all that said for my budget these speakers rock
i have the 5" version with the center channel hooks up to my onkyo surround receiver that's like 10 yrs old and my system has never sounded better.
if your looking for audiophile quality go spend 1000$ or more on nice b&m bookshelves. i personally cant afford that. so for me and others in my same situation this is a great alternative
also they were shipped promptly and with no damage
just my 2 cents
Stay on here for too long and we'll change your mind
Understood-I don't have any kids yet, but I do have the mortgage, etc. I used my tax refund to buy my speakers and although they were relatively expensive, I think they are more than sufficient to last several years...it's an investment thing and one that doesn't depreciate as fast as some things in our lives, such as automobiles.
With that said-it's smart to stay within budget, there's nothing about this hobby that's worth breaking the bank for and putting yourself into a precarious financial situation.
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Denon 2807, Sony KDA2000 50" 1080P, Dali Ikon 6's, Vokal 2, and Ikon 1's, finally upgraded the sub to a PC12-NSD!
In the US for a change........touring of course,coming to a town semi near you soon....
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