ZVOX 315 Sound Console - Surround sound speaker

by ZVOX Audio

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• ASIN: B0002Z5Q8O
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,275 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good value for the money, January 26, 2005

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Andrew Trieger - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZVOX 315 Sound Console - Surround sound speaker (Electronics)

I'm an audiophile and while this is no $1000 electrostatic center channel with 75watt amp driving it, its a very good sound for the money and the form.
A simple black box putting out good simple sound. I have always liked the R+L R-L circuitry they use to get a wider soundstage. its not a goofy digital sounding processed sound, its smooth and warm. a little boomy but you have bass control and that can be balanced and it sounds like a lot more than just 25 watts in a box.

I'm using mine with an airport express to wirelessly provide tunes to my children in their nursery. its too much power for them, practically, and I find it outperforms all the ipod-accessory units including the bose.

its a nice good solid box with nice good solid sound for the money.
and the feature of turning off when there's no input signal is the kind of "well, duh!" good feature too many product makers forget. Thanks zvox...

I TAKE IT BACK. worked for 4 mos, then stopped turning on. trashed it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ZVOX 315 Nice, when it works., July 20, 2006

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T. Sokol - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZVOX 315 Sound Console - Surround sound speaker (Electronics)

I bought this unit to use as a sound system for laptop PC DVD viewing and iPod listening on the road. It is an extremely adaptable unit for anything with mini-jack or RCA outputs. Sound is very good for what it is, that is , a portable faux-surround sound all-in-one system. Unfortunately, after 1 initial use I put it away for 6 months and when trying to use it again it failed to work. I had to pay almost half of the initial purchase price to get it repaired (I suspect ZVOX just sent a replacement unit). It is too bad that such an innovative product suffers from such a high failure rate. Check eBay to see how many of these units are up for sale with the "no audio" or "good for parts" caveat attached. Great when it works, ZVOX needs to address the high failure rate and check their quality control before I would straight out purchase another product from them.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great sound - but only briefly, March 20, 2007

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H. Grillo (Piedmont Triad, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZVOX 315 Sound Console - Surround sound speaker (Electronics)

After reading a rave in Stereophile magazine about the 315, I had to hear it. I, too was impressed by the clarity of the midrange (some think it to be too prominent), the extended bass (with a nice subwoofer control), and the relative ease of setup. The PhaseCue is a phasey gimmick with which some listeners will be fascinated and others distressed. That's fine - if you're like me, you'll sijmply turn it off (just like that "wide" function on your computer's media player).

Feed this box a clean signal from any analog sorce, and you will likely be impressed with its sound. But enjoy it for only a fleeting moment, because it is probably going to stop working, just as mine did. I sent mine back (while under warranty) and received a replacement unit (probably a refurbished/repaired unit from stock). I powered it up, rejoiced in the sound, used it for a while and set it aside for a short time. I took it out the other day and ... well, deja vu, the thing doesn't work again. I have received no response from customer service yet (I'm waiting for the "send us the unit and $65 and we'll send you another repaired unit that will work briefly" response).

It's too bad. This is a nice niche product that has the potential to fit seamlessly into many non-audiophile/videophile systems and still provide audiophile/videophile quality. But folks, it doesn't. It just isn't reliable.