mids and highs

bass

I have listened on these speakers for 2 years and they still sound great. I use a KLH sub with a crossover at 80Hz. These speakers lack good bass extention but are good for the money. The mids and highs are very clear however.

Good sharp sound and value for money

not loud enough or bassie enough for my liking

These sonys are alright but i rekon lack with rock music in the mid range and dont go low enough, u need a sub. I listen to mostly music and the bass distorts once u put some power into them.

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Full range, technically accurate sound. Handle reasonable power / volume levels. Decent bass for the price bracket.

"Musicallity" lacking - they tend to sound like two seperate boxes of drivers, rather than a well integrated, transparent system.

These speakers replaced a pair of ageing Sony 12" , 3 way floor standing units, so pretty much anything was going to be an improvment. The closest competitor in their price range is a similar-specced Denon system, but they are somewhat dearer (around 20%). So, how do they sound? In a word, interesting! They have a lovely, rich midrange (albeit a little over-bright). The top-end is clean but does lack some polish and sparkle; and the bass is surprisingly accomplished from a speaker in this price bracket. Overall a very professional effort from a manufacturer not renowned for their speaker systems.

Great price, sound very clean, have a "full" sound, attractive

None

These speakers are fantastic. Definitely an improvement over the Sony bookshelves that came with my mini hi-fi system(which were pretty good speakers). I'm using these hooked up to my mini hi-fi stereo reciever(Sony MHC-BX6A) and they sound very clean; even though they aren't getting the power input of a real reciever or amp. Although the bass output isn't extremely low, they are ported effectively so they can go a little lower then the midbass range. You'll probably want a quality 12" sub to pair with these as I barely even notice my 8" now.

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Sony SSM-600H

Excellent bass for the size, One of the best buys for the money, Good music and movie quality, Looks nice

Needs a somewhat higher rms level.

These speakers are not gonna blow away any Definitives, Polks, or Infinity. For the money they are excellent. I bought these speakers for my room i wanted something cheap but with good midrange and bass. I use these for my music or my movies. I live out in the country so I am able to listen to them to their full extent. If you are a bass head like me then you will want a sub. For overall listening and money you should give these towers a look. And if you are looking at a sub try cerwin vegas new 300 watt powered sub 12 inch for 349.95 at best buy.

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Definitive, Polk, Infinity, Bose, DCM, Klipsch

More than value for money

Speaker terminals

Highly reccomendable, sounds excellent.

But please bare in mind that these speakers will reveal ANY weakness in your audio system, but will sound great with a good amplifier and CD player.

A subwoofer is reccomended to take the low end.

Please do not mess with the crossover etc. if you do not feel they sound good, the problem is most likely elsewhere in your system.

Thanks to Sony, what should have been a simple low cost system to our summer home, is now a real pleasure to listen to.

(Okay I admit, after replacing the terrible 10 yo Dennon amplifier with a new Yamaha 892 and adding the sub. it is no longer a really low cost system, but my wife does not know that :)

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Mission, B&W

price and size, mid and hight sound is fine

low is what you pay for

I got these speakers 2 months and very happy with them. I have crossover on 80 Hz, so all my bass goes to Sub. And I think they design to use them this way. Excellent 55-50KHz range for DVD-AUDIO and SACD. Very clear mid/high sound.
They are very stylish and not so big, which was the main key for me. If you do not want to spend a lot money and have a nice sub, go ahead buy them. I guess any respectable audifile not even gona look at this review any way. It worth all you money...

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lots of them.

Nice Bass and Very High Treble

Speaker connertors could be better.

I purchased these speakers in August of 2001 and I have enjoyed them. I currently have the Technics SA-EX140 reciever but I will soon buy a Sony STRDE475. These speakers work great and really have some rich, but sometimes too boomy bass. I have enjoyed these from the day I got them and I know you will too.

This is a review on the 300 not the 400.
The only diffrence between the two is that the 300 isis a bookshelf model with a 8 inch. woofer istead of a 6 1/2 inch.And the 300 uses a acoustic suspunsion {sorry about my spelling this is why they make you go to school}.
The bass is nice and tight for a 8 inch woofer.Tweeter goes up to 50,000 wich we all cant hear anyways but its always nice to have.You get what you pay for,for sure.

Box is a little flimsy.Bass does distort on some beats but i think thats cause its not broke in all the way.Very little dampening inside but how much do you need for a sealed cabinet?Whatever the woofer cone is made of it bends easy.i havent had a chance to test them to the max cause my receiver doesnt have enough power,and i dont want to blow them because of the cliping.Need a good sub with tight bass to fill in the lows and match the sound.

These sounded like sh!t in BB,but when i got the home they werent to bad.The highs were sharp but i let them break in when i wasnt in the room that way i knew my ears didnt adjust and after about 10 hours they sounded a little warmer but i think theyll need a little more time at louder volume to fully break in.All in all not a bad deal for what i paid but im only using these untill i can afford some high end speakers,but ill have to wait awhile because the system im using needs to be upgraded first.
Im using a very old sony reciever model str d615 and a cheap optimus cd play with only a 1 bit dac so i cant realy say how good these speakers realy are.im also using monster cable interconnects i400mk2 and monster cable xp speaker wire in about 5 foot runs.
Well hope i could help {i hope my review made sence}.

Clear sound,

At high volumes sound tends to be to "sharp" and "cold"

I use these speakers with sony's STR-DE475 A/V Receiver (80 watt per chanell)and I should admit that this combination gives me clear sharp sound but I would like it to be "warmer". I had expected problems with deep bass(receiver's range 40-20000, speaker's range:50-50000), but anyway in most cases we need active subwoofer for HT ,so that I hope to improve the situation with some kind of sub under $200.
Currently I am listening to FM radio with this combination and this may be also the source of problems with bass, but anyway, for such money the boxes contain the same mid anh high range speakers as more expencive sony's floorstanding speakers and they do not need additional stands as micro speakers or bookshelf.
From previous rewievs on 315 model from sony I think that they may not be able to handle 150 watt , but I can not check it because of my receiver (see above).
Verdict: Good value speakers for this money.

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None,this is ugrade from aiwa's mini s-70