Does midiland make good speakers?

[slackerinabox]

So a local store has a MidiLand home theater system (prog scan dvd player plus 5.1 speaker system) on clearance for $59. I figure it would make a nice gift for my parents but I don?t want to give them crap ? does MidiLand make good speakers? I know they used to but I haven?t heard much about them in the past two years. Worth the gamble or no? I?d just buy it and try it but this is a gift..

 

[konakona]

s2 4100s are great for size and for the price they are going for now. but then they make some crappy stuff too so...

 

[lancestorm]

$59 for a full 5.1 system? Crap...

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: lancestorm
$59 for a full 5.1 system? Crap...

That's what I'm thinking.. But I remember MidiLand being a respected brand a few years ago.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: lancestorm
$59 for a full 5.1 system? Crap...

Well, it is on clearance... If the Original price was much higher, then it could be "OK"

 

[Viper GTS]

For $59 you can't really go wrong, do you happen to know what the original price was?

I can guarantee it's going to be crap in the grand scheme of things, but if it plays DVD's and makes noise you have a bargain at $59.

Viper GTS

 

[slackerinabox]

Hey,
I agree with your reasoning, Viper. I just picked it up... The original sale price was $119 but the cashier didn't know what the retail price was. Seems decent enough for my parents - progressive scan dvd player with mp3 and svcd playback, internal dolby digital decoder, 4 cube (looks like bose) speakers and a subwoofer... Doesn't have a seperate receiver so I'm assuming that a very basic one is built into the dvd player. I'm going to give it to them tonight as an early gift so that I can play around with it and buy one for myself if it doesn't totally blow.

 

[slackerinabox]

5 cubes.. not 4.. sorry

 

[Icy006]

Originally posted by: VanillaH
s2 4100s are great for size and for the price they are going for now. but then they make some crappy stuff too so...

Forgive me for reviving an old topic, but just my 2 cents, being the owner of 2 pairs of Midiland S2/4100s. Midiland makes TERRIBLE speakers.

Diamond Audio made the S2 line for Midiland :-D. The S2/4030, rare 4060, and awesome S2 4100 were all designed and built by Diamond Audio, who are primarily a high-end car audio company. They still do a lot of low-end OEM multimedia speaker design for companies like Gateway, but nothing like the S2 line anymore, unfortunately.

Midiland now does their own stuff iirc, and I have yet to hear any of it that was worth the money.

 

[jadinolf]

If it's the same Midland from the CB days of the 70's, they were junque.

 

[konakona]

well Icy006, i am well aware midiland did not make those fabulous 4100s there is this guy at head-fi trying to sell his unit REAL cheap... wonder if it sold yet