I purchased a pair of Cerwin Vega VS150s at a garage sale. I hooked them up to my Pioneer SX-1250 and they sound good until the volume gets to about 1/3 when the Bass really kicks in all of a sudden I have these LOUD "Pop" or "snap" sounds coming out with every kick of Bass. Just so disappointed I don't know what to do. Is it the cabinets being loose although I can't see if the backs are loose or not. Is it the receiver itself? Any advice would be greatly appreciated because I can feel that Bass starting to tremble the floor and I want to just rock the f@#k right out but can't! Ugh! Help!

I was lucky and picked these up at a yard sale for $10.
Thought I would strip them and sell parts. Once I tested them, wow!!
I have serial # 06 and 07.
You need space to play these. I live on an acre so I don't bother anyone
and don't let them breathe when the wife is home.
I have run them on a 77 Sony 100 watt amp (silver), a JBL pro amp 300 watt and
currently a 160 watt Luxman receiver. I never get over 40% since they are so loud,
yet clear. Bass is fantastic but mids and highs can be overpowering also.
These are 4 ohm and need a real power source, not a AV modern receiver unless built
for 4 ohm load.
I have a large room, about 34 by 30.
I'm running B&W DM14's on the other side when I want a change. (Less volume/wife home)
I've been through 40 speaker sets and the VS-150's are keepers.!

i have cerwin vega vs 150 too its best to use 5ampere slow blow they play good lows and i am gonna have them all my life de bad ting is my tweeters are blown so i have to get new tweeters and refoam or a recone set and an stronger amp an i got the new sl5m by cerwin-vega so i got tweets till i got vs-150 tweets then its good i love this series best <3

anyone know the correct fuse to put in the cerwin vs 150 .great speakers but when I turn my amp to about 50% they loose there highs and it almost sounds muffeled or like they go mono ..I hook up my other cerwins 12s and not a problem ..I think I have a slow blown 3amp fuse in them .. and this might be the issue anyones help would be greatly appreciated

I've blasted these speakers With a techniques home Pro logic Dolby surround sound amplifier at 115 W per channel since 1997 they had never failed me diffuses only blown two times in the last 20 years these speakers rock! Cerwin Vega knows how to make a speaker!

In high school I use these in a theater at the Plano East senior high school theater to power and entire show Bayrock the whole theater that seats 2000 people these two Cerwin Vega VS 150 home floorstanding speakers they rock

Nice sounding speakers. I've had them hooked up to a sony ta-4650 v-fet, a 70's rotel receiver (model forgotten) and a nad 3020. With all these amps rated at 40w rms or less the cerwins went very loud. They sounded pretty good too, especially on the rotel.

I scored a Carver tfm-55x (500w per channel into 4ohms) and am using the nad 3020 as a pre-amp. Now these speakers are sounding awesome no matter what volume they are played at. I like to listen to all sorts of music, Cat Stevens, Skrillex, old school R&B, Eva Cassidy, Tool, and they all sound good. The extra current and amps make these things sound really good. The arrangement in my lounge is far from optimal, I am not allowed to put them where I want them because the boss won't allow it so as far as imaging, soundstage and all that stuff is concerned I can't really comment. But tonally, they sound great. I have owned B&W, and Mission speakers that I really liked but there is a fullness to the sound of these Cerwins that I really appreciate. Sometimes I like to just crank it and feel my internal organs bounce too.

Btw, thanks to all the previous reviewers as I based my purchasing decision on these reviews and was definitely not let down. I will be passing these down to whichever of my kids takes me in when I get old (that way I can still listen to them).

I have had these awesome VS-150 speakers for about 20 years and I have never had to do anything except replace a fuse or two within that time. These have been rocking my house for many years. The speakers still sound great and the cabinets are made extremely well. At the time I paid about $800 and that was the best investment I ever made. Truly a great speaker and would recommend these for anyone with the love of loud music but these are definitely not for apartments or condos unless you want to get kicked out.

I have had my Cerwin Vega VS 150's for 16 years bought them brand new in 1995.
I have punished them for 16 years infact I am jamming to some red feed the machine as we speak. I push them with a HK AVR 147 these speakers have performed flawless and have never let me down. I will never part with them the best $800 ever spent!

I originally purchased these new in 1993. It wasn't until this year that I had to replace the foam edging. These have been very good over the years and even when the foam was starting to fall off while driving them, I was not disappointed. Now Orange County Speakers has replaced the edging for me for less than $100 They are back to prime condition again. I have them teamed up with a Pioneer SX-1280 receiver 185W. I listen to a large variety in music and these have never let me down.

Last summer I hoisted these VS-150's out of retirement from the garage loft. I don't know how they got put up there anyway they are about 93 lbs ea and bulky. They will never go back.
I had them refoamed. Back in service for my desktop using a ASUS xonar Essence ST soundcard RCA analog leads to a Carver TFM-35 amp.
In 8 weeks I had the cops called on me 5 times after drinking some Jack and messing with the sound which gets confusing on the pc.
I live in a house. I play metal but a lot of other music. With a decent 1/3 octave eq you can tame the tweeter and midrange. You can't tame the bass with proper amp/preamp.
I would not and will not ever bring these with me should I have to live in a apt. condo or close to someone. For one thing I am tired of trying to move them. But here in my house sitting on about a acre they reign supreme in 2012 like they did in 1999.