JA Audio 3.5" Mini Cube Speakers - Black (Pair)
By: JA Audio Average Rating: 5.0 Total Reviews: 2
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 On: 2007-05-29
I recently upgraded to a new A/V receiver in the living room. The old one (Onkyo TXDS484) is a great receiver and still worked fine so I decided to move it upstairs into the master bedroom, but I didnt have speakers to go with it. Im not an audiophile and this was my "secondary" system so I wasnt looking for anything fancy. I just wanted to watch movies and listen to music. It was also important to me that I get something small and discrete since these would go in the bedroom. The JA Audio 3.5" mini cubes seemed perfect. And they were. These little speakers are amazing! I was very surprised how crisp and full the speakers were considering their size. They worked perfectly with my receiver and I got everything set up in no time. The swivel feature is also pretty neat since I could direct the sound wherever I needed. The speakers came with some nice matching mounting brackets too which I didnt use, but they could come in handy in the future. The only negative I can really think of is they dont handle low frequencies very well. I suggest a bass unit to go with these to get the full effects of surround sound. Other than that, I am very happy with these and I would highly recommend these speakers to anybody thinking about starting a surround sound home theater set up.
PRO:
-Amazing sound
-Small and discrete
-Swivel feature
CON:
- Need additional subwoofer unit
On: 2006-09-14
Having just moved into a new house, my home theatre was given the approval to be slightly updated. I had the rear speakers pre-wired, but my existing bookshelf speakers were just too big to mount. My hunt began for a small, low-priced, wall-mountable rear speaker for a 5.1 system. None of my local stores offered such a product or had 1 model available at double what I wanted to spend. Enter JA Audio. First of all, Ive never heard of them, but figured its a low watt rear speaker - its only going to be used for filler and background sounds. Even if theyre not the greatest, theyll do the job. And the price was right, so I ordered and within a week I had my new 3.5" cube speakers in hand, ready to rock. Aside from the price, the size and look of the speakers are what drew me in. The fact that the cubes swivel was a bonus. The room that I have my system set up in is relatively small (200 ft/sq) but it opens into another room. My front, center, and sub can fill the house nicely, but I needed a rear channel that could make everything complete. Because I can adjust the direction of each cube, Im able to use my walls for reflection while at the same time, directing them into the "dead zones" in my room. The mounting brackets are good too (take note - wall anchors and screws are not included). Speakers can be wall or ceiling mounted, and since the mounting arms are in separate pieces, you can adjust the depth at which theyre mounted (this can effect your sound!!!). So, how do they sound? They sound great! I ran tests with different movies, TV shows, and a few sporting events to get the crowd noise in the background. After some volume adjustments on my amp and slight adjustments to the direction that the speakers were firing, everything was perfect. The rear sounds even filtered into the adjoining room nicely. Music is equally as good. I played several styles of music in the different preset modes that my amp offers and they did the trick. I am very happy with how these little guys are performing, and they look great mounted on the walls. Ive owned several brands of speakers - Bose, Boston Acoustics, Yamaha, Marantz, JBL - and I would put these up there with them. And you cant beat the price. If youre looking for a solid performer to compliment your home theatre at a reasonable cost, these are definitely worth a look.
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