Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6194 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Black
- Brand: SpeakerCraft
- Model: ASM42000
Features
- Built-in Bluetooth wireless receiver
- 80 Watts stereo total amplification
- 2 x 1" silk dome tweeters, 4 x 3" treated paper cone mid-range drivers
- 2 x 5.25" treated paper cone sub-woofers
- Dimensions: H 4" x W 28" x D 16-1/2", remote control included
Speakercraft CS3 TV Speaker (Black)
Product Description
The Speakercraft CS3 is a one-piece sound system that fits right underneath a TV. Connect just one audio cable and a living room, bedroom or home office becomes a home theater. With two built-in sub-woofers, 80 watts of digital amplification and simulated surround sound,the CS3 delivers a truly compelling home theater experience. Bluetooth wireless technology turns the CS3 into the best smartphone sound system you've ever heard. With the music library on your iPhone, iPad, Android device or Tablet and you've got sound that absolutely blows away any speaker dock. For many rooms, the CS3 is really all the sound system you need.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Great Sound, Horrid Product Execution
By M. Klamm
If all I was grading the SpeakerCraft CS3 on was the sound quality, I would give it a 4.7 out of 5. However, there are just too many other factors to consider that as the final overall grade for this product.First off, the unit does not have its own Dolby Digital decoder. A number of TV's (including my new Panasonic IPS LED TV) and cable boxes will not output PCM only via the optical digital output. Therefore any digital or ATSC channels from my TV, I get no audio from the SpeakerCraft CS3. The "workaround" is that SpeakerCraft started including the Gefen TV Dolby Digital Audio Decoder external box. This is what is meant by the "optional digital audio decoder included" on the side of the product packaging.The Gefen TV decoder box does do what it was designed for. It takes the optical digital output converts it down and outputs it via left/right ANALOG connections to the SpeakerCraft CS3. For the price point of this unit, this should be done internally and not require a separate box that also uses up another power outlet.Remote controls for sound bars tend to stink. This holds true for the SpeakerCraft CS3 as well. The indicator LED's on the unit are next to impossible to see unless your face is right against the speaker grill. In addition, if you are not directly facing the unit... not even 10 degrees off center, the remote is not picked up by the unit. Therefore, the "user interface" with this unit gets a D- or F in my grade book.The SpeakerCraft CS3 cabinet and sound quality are wonderful, especially the bass for the size of the unit. However, the SpeakerCraft CS3 is going back and I will be getting a ZVOX Z-Base 555 or 850 instead. At least ZVOX has the common sense to have the unit decode basic Dolby Digital.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Home run!!!
By Blake
Unbelievable sound and base quality!!!! Highly recommend if u want to make watching movies come to life!!!! This is also a high quality sound system that u can the music from your phone with the Bluetooth feature.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.Well spent $600
By Myles
All I wanted was a sound upgrade to my bedroom TV, but I didn't want wires or anything complicated. A pedestal solution sounded like the right choice and CNET rated this one as the best so I got it. Man! I was a little worried that I would not feel like the $600 was worth it, but I quickly knew it was a great investment. It simply sounds great and looks clean and cool. My viewing experience just became much more rich.
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