Customer Reviews

JBL SCS160SI 7-Piece 150-Watt Home Theater Speaker System

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got a great price for these speakers off of one of amazon.com's merchants, only $300 plus $30 shipping and handling. they work great, sound fabulous and these are the best priced/quality you can get for a stylish 6.1 small speaker package. I'm in heaven... for music, they sound fine, (i don't know what other people are talking about when complaining), and for movies...they are perfect...anyway, isn't that why you'd buy a 6.1 speaker package, for surround sound???..i mean they are called cinema series speakers, that is what they are made for. oh my, and i just got a new yamaha reciever on in addition to these. i am a one hundred percent satisfied customer.

I got these baby's for free from Best Buy when I bought a 65 inch TV. I have been using some old KLH speakers for my surround sound (hooked up to a Sony 500 watt receiver). I was hesitant to replace my beloved KLH's (front were towers with 2 10 inch woofers). But I figured I would give it a shot, and wow, these baby's can sing! The sub puts out good bass and complements the surrounds very well. I have been impressed with these little guys! The guy at the best buy store demonstrated these for me, right next to a Bose set (that was more than 2x the cost), and they actually sounded better. My only wish is that the front center channel speaker was a little larger, but I do not know why because it sounds fine (I guess I am just used to my old big KLH center).

I have these speakers for use as the left/right rear and center rear of a surround sound system which includes Wharfdale 8.3 speakers in the front and center roles.
The sound seems to be fine and they are well made. I have two reasons why I can't recommend them tho:

They really aren't powerful enough to fit in a system that includes bigger front speakers. The 8.3s drown them and they aren't monster speakers by any stretch. I have tried all of the settings.suggestions on my excellent Yamaha Amp to redress this without success. Any suggestions JBL? Anyone?

The product specific speaker stands are poorly designed. The stands and poles look cool but the specifically designed cable clips are flimsy and fall off at the slightest provocation. A redesign to use a tubular support which the cable can go inside would be desirable. Be aware than these speakers are not compatable with any other generic speaker stand.

This is best system compared to price/value ratio. You will get ultimate theater experience.

I am sorry to say that after doing all my research into satellite speaker systems and deciding that the jbl scs160si system was the best for me in price and performance, I now have to reconcider because of the lack of wall mount bracket options that seem to be available. I haven't been able to find any for these speakers. If anyone has any suggestions, I would be happy to hear from you.