Acoustic Solutions AV120 Review

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Acoustic Solutions AV120
3.9 stars
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joewetherill's Review of Acoustic Solutions AV120 Stereo Speakers

23rd Jun 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    4.5 stars
  • Time Speakers Owned
    Over 1 Year
Good Points

loud bass, crisp treble, cheap price, nice looks


Bad Points

not bi-wireable, slightly odd mid-range


General Comments

When I saw these Acoustic Solutions AV120 stereo speakers over a year and a half ago for £50 in Currys they immediately caught my eye, mainly because I didn't think they would sell floorstanders in Currys!

I thought I'd give them a go anyway, I figured even if they were rubbish it's not too much money to loose out on.

To my amazement when I got them home and hooked them up to my amp (which was then a Sony TAFE 570) they really surprised me. The bass was punchy and loud, perfectly complimented by the crisp treble from the powerful tweeters.

Since then I have had 2 amps (Cambridge Audio Azur 540c & Technics SUV500) The Cambridge made them sound even clearer but because of the CAP5 protection system I could never really turn it up as loud as I wanted without the temperature sensor cutting in.

The Technics I have now is perfect and with a second set of speaker outputs I am tempted to buy 2 more and hooking them up to that.

The sound you want is basically the sound you get. If I want punchy bass then I just set the amp to play direct and slap up the volume or for the resonating bass just adjust the frequency controls and the speakers respond perfectly at low or high volumes. (I can turn my amp up to 3/4 without distortion and believe me this is pretty loud)

I can hear what other reviewers are talking about with the mid-range as sometimes you loose a bit but this is only an issue for some kinds of music and it's not too much of a problem, I think some other AS speakers have a tweeter bass driver and mid-range driver?

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