Artison Sketch LCR Flat Panel Speakers Review

[Audioholics]

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/artisonsketchLCRspeakers1.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 94px" alt=[ArtisonSketchLCRspeakers] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/ArtisonSketchLCRspeakers_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>We got our first “up close and personal” look at Artison’s products back at the 2004 CEDIA convention. Curt Chrisholm of Velodyne introduced us to these custom flat panel speakers (it was the Portrait model we first saw and heard.) The concept of a pair of flat panels that also sported a “DualMono” center channel intrigued us and we put it on our list to eventually contact them and arrange for a review. While it took us more than a year to do so, we are pleased to be able to take a closer look at Artison’s new Sketch LCR loudspeakers. Artison manufactures their speakers specifically to address the needs of custom installers. As such, they are not available in any retail stores and are targeted specifically for a solution which helps the speakers to completely disappear into the plasma or LCD display. Read more...

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[KeithT]

Great review!

Just curious, have you heard the Portraits?

How do the new midrange and soft dome tweeters compare to the old?

Your right about not being inexpensive, I paid $1600 for the Portraits and
installed myself. Solved our speaker placement issues though.

 

[ZoFo]

Why are In-wall Speakers so expensive?

You would think they would be cheaper, not having a cabinet and all, but all I have looked at are very expensive and a real pain in the a$$ to install. Anyone have an idea on why they charge so much for a product that I assume, does not sound quite as good as their stand-alone products and uses less materials to construct?

 

[Audioholics]

Well, honestly just like a computer laptop it's often more expensive to make things smaller and yet still sound good.