I used to work for a major audio company that sold everything from Audio Researc to Mission speakers. I must confess that I love BASS and nearly bought a set of Mission 702s until I demoed a set of VS-100s for a customer. He was impressed with the sound and so was I. Needless to say I bought a set of VS-100s and never looked back. I have them hooked up to a Harman Kardon AVR35 and HK FL8300 and they sound awesome. Guaranteed you can't beat CV for bass, power and performance. A great speaker. They also have excellant customer support and a good website for those potential buyers. I know, I checked them out before I bought mine.

For $300 (or less) per pair, you get great speakers. They are responsive and clear on all types of music, including classical. They might not be the best compared to high-end speakers that cost much more, but for anyone except the audiophile, they do great. Plus you don't need to add a separate subwoofer to get plenty of bass.

My, my, my! I have been an "audiophile" for many, many years now. I've gone through numerous lines of speakers, e.g., the older Infinitys (the GOOD stuff!); Klipsch; Boston Acoustics and such. I've owned ADS's, B&Ws, and others, and finally, I've auditioned myriad others--from "inexpensive" models to the astronomically priced, with NHTs, Mission, et al, included. Also, I've gone through many configurations of electronics, cables, and such. Recently, I decided that I was tired of following the conventional wisdom on the matter, tired of being worried of always being thought of as "in the know." Because as much equipment as I've gone through over the years, as much MONEY as I've spent, I have NEVER been completely satisfied with the sound of any of my systems. Yet I made sure I always had the "right brands" in my systems. Finally, I thought to myself, "Self, why is it that at times when I've been in the discount electronic stores, e.g., Circuit City, BrandsMart, etc.--NEVER for stereo equipment per se--I would sometimes hear coming from their Audio rooms, GREAT sound. "How can this be?!? This is theoretically impossible," I would think to myself. Yet, here it was, happening right before my very own ears! So I decided, maybe I should try something different--try the unimaginable, and check out some JBLs or Cerwin Vegas. Well, I did. I auditioned JBLs and I was impressed--heck, they're not so popular with the pro. audio community for no reason (they're ALL over Disney World, too!). Then I saw a deal on the internet for CV VS100s. I ordered them without even having heard them--they also are very popular with the pros, I thought, and everyone knows their reputation for GREAT bass, something I had only acheived once before but liked VERY much. While I waited for them to arrive, I tried to find them at a local outlet so I could have a listen. Well, I found some CVs, but not the VS models. And it was at a store with TOTAL crap for electronics, and they had the speakers stacked on top of each other with cardboard boxes stacked around them! They sounded like garbage! I got very worried. But when my VS100s arrived, well(!), I found what I'd always been looking for! They sound G-R-E-A-T!!! Great, transparent highs, crystal clear mids, and solid, accurate, POUNDING bass! Let me say, I could go on and on about how great they are, but I'll just say that breaking away from the pack was my audio salvation! Try it yourselves, you just may be surprised at how much you like it. Especially if you try it with a pair of CV VS100s.

To anyone who likes c/v 100, here are a few things you can do to transform this speaker to a giant killer. First, remove the self resetting fuse and replace with jumper wire. By doing that, you'll get much cleaner, open and focused sound. Next, replace the capacitors in the x/over. Keep them at same value, but get higher quality ones. Replace the wiring, they're crap, make sure to solder them to the speakers terminals, clip-ons are for toys. Remove the grills from the midrange speakers; it only muffles the sound. Unscrew the the cheap plastic surrounds of the mids and tweets drivers and fill the hollow sections with putty, it helps control unwanted vibes. Finally, pry off the garbage wooden squares that are supposed to be their stands and place them on semi-high quality metal stands, one foot high works great for me. Before the mods the 100's were ok speakers with pretty flat response and good bass. After the mods, they are truly audiophile speakers at a fraction of the cost of so called high end speakers. I thoroughly enjoy them and plan to keep them a long time.

Sensitive with great power handling. Tight punchy bass. Clear mid and high range. Sounds great when playing really loud. Price.

Sounds a bit bright.

I bought these speakers 6 years ago, as my first floor speakers. I wanted some speaker that could play LOUD, but also sounded good at normal levels.
I auditioned a lot of speakers in various price ranges, from Jamo, Jbl and others. By coincidence I got to hear a pair of VS-10(the european name for the VS-100), and I was sold. Playing togeter with a NAD 302 amplifier, these speaker played loud and clear. Then I asked what a bigger amp could do, 2 minutes later I was blown right out of the room!!! A NAD 208 power amp with 200 solid watts, really made these speakers work hard. But they didn't care, they just played awesome. The local disco sounded cheap compared to this setup!
Back to normal levels the sound remained clear and well focused, news broadcasts is easy to understand.
Now I use them with a Yamaha RX-V795 AC3 reciever, and the sound is great, and the solid 85W is driving the mice out of the house together with these speakers. In HT use Apollo 13 really shows off these speakers in the launh scene. It's breath taking!

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Dantax, B&O, System Audio, Akai, Jamo

The VS100 are a true speaker for the money. The new E310 have alittle better highs because of the two position "pot". If you you love bass first, go with the VS100. If you love bass but don't want any slacking of the mids and highs, the E312 is the way to go. The sales rep came to my second job, Sun TV, and showed us a demo at 10 watts and one at over 100. Both sets of speakers were unreal. I never thought that a CV could sound that good at such small wattagee.