Do you want to select a home theater speaker? Then this article will help you with your selection. The speakers I am investigating are made by a company called Accusound Australia Pty Ltd. They are an Australian company and they make 5.1 or 7.1 surround speakers. I am writing this review to share my experience with the quality and setup of these Accusound speakers. Some of the points I will cover are how good they look, also how good they sound, and how easy it is to set up the speakers.

The acusound review will be of the 2009 model Signature Series 8.5 reference speakers. These speakers consist of two front main speakers, two rear speakers, a center speaker and a subwoofer, or a LFE “low frequency effect”, such as I call it my Yamaha RXV663 amp. I was on a very tight budget, so these speakers were at a bargain price. I didn’t expect too much performance from audiophiles. I was impressed by the manufacturers’ claim that all the speakers in this package had completely matched tone. The front speakers are the main speakers, each tower comes with 2 x 200mm bass drivers, it also comes with a 150mm midrange driver and a 25mm smooth elliptical tweeter. The center speaker features 2x165mm drivers and also a 25mm elliptical soft dome tweeter, providing excellent bass response, as well as clear vocals and crisp highs. the rear speakers have a 165mm bass driver and a 25mm elliptical soft dome tweeter identical to the main center speaker. The subwoofer is designed to use the 300mm long high-power subwoofer driver and also has a built-in 200W amplifier with volume, phase and frequency adjustments, so these are the components that come in the package that will make up your sound system.

Before I get into the process of unpacking and setting up my speakers, I want to mention the guys from Audio Australia They have the exclusive on the Accusound Signature Series speakers. I was very impressed with the speed of communication from them, I emailed a question and within hours received a detailed response, I’m not sure about you, but it makes me feel more comfortable shopping from these guys when I get that kind of quick response. .

These are one of the best deals for the price, although I wouldn’t classify myself as a hifi guru or audiophile, but I know what I like and I take the time to make comparisons of similar products before parting ways with my hard-earned cattle. . My home theater setup consisted of my 50-inch Panasonic Plasma and XBOX as my media center and DVD player, and a Yamaha RXV 663 receiver, and now the Accusound Reference 8.5 series. These speakers really look good, which means they don’t look cheap, I was impressed by the build quality of the cabinets, and the overall finish was very good. I should mention that the ones I bought said they were damaged and this was true as the subwoofer box had a big dent in it. Holding my breath, I pulled the sub out of the damaged box and yes, I did find a small dent in the cabinet. I was devastated for the first half hour and then I got over it. As for the speaker terminals, they were nice and big and will accept the now standard banana plug, the acusound cables I decided to use were 12 gauge.

Well, how do they sound? Since I don’t have a Blue Ray player yet (though it’s on my list), I called my son and asked him to come see my new 5.1 speakers and bring his Playstation 3 and blue ray discs along the way. Setting up the PS3 is very simple, just plug the HDMI cable into the amplifier and you’re done. We decided to watch Resident Evil 3 as this movie has the uncompressed audio and my Yamaha RXV 663 will happily decode it, we sat through the entire movie marveling at the additional sound effects that we missed or didn’t hear before, the The Part Where Alice brings out all the ravens was absolutely awesome, a great boom from the subwoofer, also the fronts themselves generate a good amount of bass effects and a great effect from the rear and center. The manual says that the speakers need to be recorded on time, and I’ve actually found this to be true – the sound seems to be a bit richer, more when listening to music than movies. The fronts can be bi-amped and my RXV643 is capable of this setup, but so far I haven’t been able to do it, but I will.

In conclusion, would you recommend them to someone else? Yes I would, and my son likes the sound from the accusound speakers and the price is great so he’s interested in getting a setup soon. You are getting a good quality product at a really good price. I like to buy the odd gadget from time to time and I have to say that these Signature Series Reference 8.5 speakers give me a fantastic bang for my buck. Ask my neighbors.