Phase Technology CI-20VII 5.1 In-wall Speakers Reviewed

[Audioholics]

<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/loudspeakers/PhaseTechIn-wallsCI-20VIIreview1.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 75px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[PhaseTechCI20VII] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/PhaseTechCI20VII_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>Gary&nbsp;Altunian has reviewed many in-wall and in-ceiling speaker systems during the past year, more than any other A/V product. This is because&nbsp;he has&nbsp;the ability to install them without destroying his living room walls in the process. To test in-wall speakers&nbsp;he built 'portable' walls that are constructed like a typical residential wall, with studs spaced 16" apart on-center and covered with 0.5" drywall. For this review,&nbsp;we asked him to review a Phase Tech multi-channel in-wall speaker system consisting of five two-way speakers. Multiple speaker walls require a lot more work, but in this era of multi-channel audio we felt it made more sense.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial">[Read the Review]</SPAN></SPAN></P>

 

[jaxvon]

Whoa! Bad links to the 2nd page. It links to the Logitech Z-5500 system. Glad to see you're reviewing Phase Tech. Hopefully you can get the PC system in for review.

 

[Audioholics]

Thanks. Fixed.

 

[jaxvon]

Now that I've read the whole review....

Seems short. Most of the reviews here tend to be much more thorough. I know he isn't one of your normal writers, but seriously. Two pages. I wrote almost as much after I listened to a pair of speakers for 1.5 hours in a dealer room. It wasn't low quality, I just expect a higher level of detail here.

 

[poneal]

Hmmmm

After reading the article, I'm not sure whether that system includes the sub for $1000 or not. If not, then I think this is to high for speakers with no box. Much cheaper to make. Plastic frames, etc. That's $200 a piece. I'm sure they're not using 14ga coils, metal caps, and high end resistors in the xover so I'm not very convinced on the value that you assigned to these. Regards, Paul.