Energy Connoisseur C-9

I got these speakers about a year ago because I read such great feedback... the sound is thin and only comes to life with a good sub working in the back.

After a long process of elimination I finally decided to part with my hard earned for a pair of Energy C9's. I'm very satisfied with them. They can go loud and manage to present most musical genres with a delicate touch and a dynamic range. There are probably better 'rock speakers' out there but for jazz, classical, opera and acoustics these were, for my ears the best speaker I trialled... and I certainly trialled many.

I ended up purchasing C-9's for $1200 cdn after looking at JBL's ,Mission, B&W and a few others. I found these to be the best for the money. I watch a lot of movies but also like to listen to music. I had a yamaha 593 that puts out 80 watts pc...the C-9's sounded great. I now have a Yamaha 3300 that delivers 130 watts/pc which make the c-9's sing. I am absolutely amazed at how much bass the c-9's can create. If your worried about 6.5" subs not putting out enuf bass then I recommend taking these for a test drive. After owning them for a year now, they are fully worked in and sounding great. If you listen to classical or jazz, they reproduce the sound like the band was in the room and if you listen to dance , you will be impressed at how much bass they deliver.

I should also mention that when I received these speakers, I noticed that the dust cap on one of the lowest woofers was delaminating. Although this didn't affect the sound at all, I contacted Energy immediately via email displaying my disappointment. I had TWO people email me back the next day with apologies and asking if they could just send me out a replacement woofer and if I felt comfortable replacing it myself. I did, there was nothing to it...4 allen bolts and 2 wires. The woofer arrived in about 3 days. I took the old woofer to where I bought them. Done. Then had another email from Energy to make sure everything was ok and I was happy.

I tip my hat to Energy for the great customer service and making a great speaker. I have since bought the C-C1 centre channel to add on to my collection of xl-15 ,e:XL-C centre (now used as a rear centre) and the S-8 Sub.

I have had these Energy Connoisseur C-9 speakers for a month now, they are effortless, rich sounding speakers that really fill the room with sound.

Clear crisp sound with excellent imaging for H/T and Music DVD'S as well as CD'S.

I have them hooked up to a Carver 885.1 receiver and these speakers are very easy to drive as they are rating at 94 db efficient. I love listening to these with the grills off as they have a beautiful silver front on them (real eye candy).