And I have to say I am very pleased with the remarks I always receive from my guests after experiencing a movie, thats right experiencing!

Remarks are mostly on how amazingly real the sound sounded and felt, so if you are still looking, make sure you get Accusounds top end Sub Woofer as well. the one that pumps out 350 watts RMS down to a lowly 18 Hz! – if you really want to shake your whole neighborhoods Homes about – You wont regret it!..

Mind you I use the DTS or THX setting for all my movies played..

Music from a Valve Amplifier feed from a high end CD Player then I would listen and take note of that advise.

I’ll would have gone for a $99 Logitech x540 Computer Speakers for the iPhone

Can someone open up the back and show what speakers are inside the box, the crossover network, and the type of damping material used. Photos are worth a million words.

Also – http://www.accusound.com.au/reference-series.html
There’s no mention of the 8.6 series O_o!

no hard feelings – right

I do enjoy listening to my music collection from my iPhone more and more. you will not be disappointed.

My mate has a set of Accusound and I thought they sounded great, so much that I’m considering trading in my Klipsch Quintet III paired with a Klipsch 10″ 200w down firing Sub, I would probably then go for the new Accusound Reference 8.6XD hooked up to my Denon AVR591 HD amp.

I just can’t help thinking that it could be making a very bad mistake?

The damage was to the boxes only and superficial.

The speakers themselves:
I was a little dissapointed when I first unpacked them, as they were very light for thier size – which meant to me that they had limited quality and not much dampening (usually associated with nice thick heavy construction speakers).

Once plugged in I was even more dissapointed – they were thin, unbalanced, and pretty crappy sounding all round. I did buy them as a short term solution while I set up my theatre room and sorted out exactly what I wanted, so I didnt expect miracles, but I did think ‘I have just wasted $700.

But now having run them in for the last 6 months, I can honestly say they are getting better. They are becomming warmer and more precise, they have a decent amount of detail, and they have grown on me to the extent that I am no longer considering setting fire to them.

I have heard many worse systems that cost up to 3 times as much. They did take a VERY long time to burn in though, so if you do buy these speakers, dont judge them to harshly for the first 3 months (at least) of constant use.

They will never be my long term solution (I’m pretty sure Krix will help me out there). But lets face it – $700 delivered isnt too bad at all for what you get. However the ‘full’ price of $2499 must be a joke. If you actually paid this much for them, then I am very sorry for you, you have been ripped off – there are significantly better systems out there you can get for $2.5 – 3k

If you are not an Audiophile or a Home Theatre buff with a dedicated HT room, then you will probably be happy with them and the $700 asking price.

It sounds more like you are affiliated with Accusound

This rear speaker you are refering to was designed for that purpose only. It was never designed to be compared with a front/main speaker.

How can you compare it to an 8.5 main speaker with 2 x 8″ bass Drivers + 1 x 5″ mid-bass driver + 1 x 1″ Soft-dome Tweeter?

I think you’re just here to bag a product that is in compettion to something you may (or may not) be involved in selling??? Hey???

Anyway, just thought I would throw in my 2 bob’s worth and defend a product that me and my mates are very happy with.

Nathan