Justine, I must admit, that is one of the most concise and to-the-point reveiws I have ever seen! I congatulate you on your tremendous vocabulary! (ie: "junk", OH, and "junk" too, in the RE-30 review). You must have a lot of time on your hands, I highly suggest you pick up a copy of Readers Digest, and take a look at the "Enrich your Word Power" section.The Cerwin-Vega VS-150's are not audiophile speakers, and they're not meant to be. They were designed to be rugged, solid sounding rock 'n roll speakers. And at that they excell.

Mike s
v7q2@unb.ca

these speakers are pretty good, though rather boomy; the highs and mids arecrisp, but at higher db's they shriek. personally i prefer the AT-15's with
the db adjustment on the mids and highs.

I bought my VS-150's from Montgomery Ward primarily due to price ($300 per pair in a going out of business sale). My intent was to use them as main speakers in a home theatre setup. So far I'm not disappointed at all. I rarely use the bass because of the powered sub I'm using, and I think that helps the clarity of the mids and highs. There probably is a better solution than the VS-150, but for the money I don't think I can go wrong. When I do use the speakers for pure audio, I am struck by how quickly the 15" speakers start to lose it in high volume scenarios. To restate: Bass response is really disappointing. Outside of that, and the sheer size of these guys (90lbs and 36" tall), I like em.

CAUTION: Extreme volumes may be damaging to your hearing!
I recently bought a set of VS-150's. I paid $600 for the pair and I think
they are well worth the price. If you want something that is going to rock
the house, Cerwin Vega is the way to go. Unfortunately, they do have their faults. They do not reproduce sound as acurately as many speakers, but most people won't be able to tell. These are serious "rock the house" speakers.
If you don't listen to a lot of loud music, then you probably won't care for them, but if you are anything like me, you will love them.

I have owned a pair of Cerwin Vega speaks for a long time. My first pair is a pair of AT-15's, alot like the VS-150 just older. I wanted another pair of AT-15 but they did'nt make them any more so I purchaced a pair of VS-150s because they were suppose to be alot like the AT-15s. I hooked them up with the AT-15s and the VS-150s did not even compare to the AT-15s. I took the VS-150s back to the store. Later I found a second pair of AT-15s at a pawn shop. Watch out for those cheap digital amps though,4 ohm speakers will cookem and salespeople dont care.I agree with TIM.

I'm currently loking for some new speakers to upgrade my aging system. I primarily listen to opera, but I also really enjoy military marches (Sousa, or anything conducted by Frederick Fennell). Since most marches have a broad range of instrumentation and dramatic shifts in dynamics, I auditioned the Cerwin Vega's for their high efficiency and rumored strong bass performance. While they are capable of making huge amounts of sound, the bass was sloppy. The bass drum was so poorly defined that it simply sounded like a large truck driving by. As for the midrange and treble, instruments were easy to idenify, but not really musical. The piccolo was not piercing, the trumpets and trombones sounded muffled. In short, this speaker is really best for those more interested in high volume as opposed to precise rendition. I would have loved this speaker in my college dorm when I listened to rock 80% of the time, but I have no use for it now that my music interests require clarity and resolution.

Cerwin Vega has always been a provider of deep bass. I agree I don't think you'll find a set of these in Pavarotti's house. Anybody who would buy these for an audiophile type of system is probably not researching or knows anything about stereos at all. Bravo CV, always what we expect from you sometimes a little more and never any less.

you just can't beat the deep bass and overall db output of cerwin vega loudspeakers,you sure get the most"bang" for your buck here

i owned a pair of vs-120 they were a true rock and roll speaker then i traded them of on a pair of cerwin vega al-1000 and sold my old power amp bryston 4b and bought a carver tfm 75 1000 watts 4 ohm now iv got the ultimate stereo that craks my moms plates upstairs in the cup boards so who ever says they suck has a thinking problem. the al-1000 are new they have a 15" sub 8" mid and 1" tweeter 52"tall 24" wide 18"deepd handel 1000 watts.

These speakers are not bad. Shocked to find the sound quality for the price. As expected they boom to much in the really low end but these speakers go to the low end that others don't. One big thing is Don't sacrifice on quality for a receiver (duh) no garbage from sony,kenwood and pioneer (to a degree). I own a pair of the Carver AL III plus speakers which are (magnificent),also With these I have my inexpensive Optimus (2 pro Lx-5), Optimus (cs-1) and Optimus (2 pro Lx-10). Yeah the Radio Shack brand you can hold the chuckles. For the price I refuse to buy anything else. None of these (Optimus) speakers peform well alone. Thats why you buy a whole bunch of them. Staging is incredible, Mixing 3 brands of speakers I was shocked by the results. I finally got the deep bass I was looking for. Cerwin Vega always had their moto of "bass you could actually feel..2 or 3 blocks away" The Carver's alone give to good of a response, to chill your nerves and scare the crap out of you while watching t2 you need the vega's. And don't forget to buy a reputible set of interconnections for your system I reccomend JPS.

When compared to my friends system. mostly JPS Interconnects, Mark Levinson amplification, boothroyd stuart components, and Celestions A1's and some new Celestion speakers (I believe A3's). The sound was similar but it was quite obvious of the poorly staging/imaging of the Celestions, he's returning them for the carvers. He admits the cerwin vegas are kind of goddy but they provide a sound that brings out the kid in us. Just goes to show the Highest Price is not always the best.

This is not a good stand alone speaker, you will probably return a bunch of speakers before matching it but the carvers and optimus matched suprisingly well. Everything sounded good for what I wanted out of the Vega's (classical,jazz,KMFDM and especially movies). As for the guy WHO LISTENS TO OPERA...I don't know you must be like old or gay or something, I doubt cerwin vega gave a sh*t about opera when they had the development of these in mind. That guy probably pertains to the discussion on quality components and interconnections. "EXCUSE ME SIR...You can not buy quality stereo components with coupons off the back of a Roscoe's chicken shack bag. THEY DO WHAT THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY DESIGNED FOR EXTREMELY DEEP BASS. AND IF YOUR NOT PUSHING OVER 300 WATTS A CHANNEL DON'T CRY IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE SOUND.

System:
Carver A-760x 2 channel amp
Carver A-500x 2 channel amp
Carver A-220x 2 channel amp
Carver A-753x 3 channel amp
Carver ct 25.1 Tuner/Preamp
Carver Mv-5 Cd

2 Carver AL III Plus
2 Cerwin Vega Vs-150
2 Optimus Pro lx5
2 Optimus Pro lx10
1 Optimus Cs-1

JPS Superconductor interconnections and wire