Pioneer speakers on sale at Newegg $50 and up shipped

[Plugers]

SP-C21 Bookshelf $50 shipped

SP-C21 Center Channel $50 shipped

SP-FS51-LR Towers $120 shipped

A coworker of mine has theses and they sound great.

Ends 3/8/2012

 

[Anubis]

AVS thread. these are fantastic little speakers


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1278774

 

[jhansman]

Must resist....

Ahh, failed. Need surrounds for future project. $53 shipped for bookies like these is too good to pass up. My Polk RT30i's ran three times this much, ten yrs. ago.

 

[wirednuts]

pioneer has always made excellent sounding speakers for a low cost. they have been doing it for decades and decades... you pretty much never go wrong

 

[Bryf50]

I've been looking for something cheap to replace my super cheap Dayton B652s on my PC setup. While they sound alright for the price I'm not liking their sound lately. I'm considering the bookshelf's but the only thing holding me back is the downgrade from a 6.5" woofer to a 4". Any thoughts if these would be any improvement over the Daytons?

 

[jhansman]

And, if you want to just hook them up to a nice little amp that can take several inputs, here ya go (OOS right now, but due back in soon): http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=310-300

 

[Plugers]

I hooked mine up to my modded eb*y TA2024 Tripath and it sounds good, plenty for a small room or computer speakers. Need more power if you actually want it really loud though.

 

[Gustavus]

If anyone wants to get the amplifier jhansman recommended without waiting marcmart.usa has it in stock for $25.37 delivered.

LEPAI Class T Tripath TA-2020 Amp 20WX2 Audio Amplifier
Item# 251011352353 $20.59 USD 1 $20.59 USD
Shipping and handling $4.78 USD
Insurance - not offered ----
Total $25.37 US

Ordered one to power the Pioneers

Note added:
Ordered midmorning and have already received a notice it has been shipped. Newegg service for a Walmart price.

 

[jhansman]

Or, this little baby might drive the Pios a bit harder, and has a better feature set for not that much more: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=310-304

 

[Gustavus]

Received the speakers this afternoon and have been doing A-B comparisons with a pair of Bose 2001 bookshelf speakers. Neither are going to be audiophile quality -- for that I have a pair of 30 year old Tannoys -- but the Pioneer's are every bit as good to my ears as the Bose -- except for the very low range. No bookshelf is going to do well there. At higher volumes the Pioneer's are better than the Bose's which seem to drop off as the volume goes up.

Bottom line is I am very impressed at what this pair of $50 speakers delivers. They will be an enormous improvement over the Logitechs they are replacing. I don't plan on playing music through them, but will certainly appreciate the improved voice quality in video clips and TextAloud.

Note added:
The tests were run using a Cambridge Audio A300 I have in the lab. The Tannoys have four channels of McIntosh, but no point in attaching bookshelf speakers to those.

 

[MrGlobe]

Anubis is right about this line receiving praise all around the internets. I have heard great things about them and I've been wanting to get my ears on the floorstanding 51's for a while now. I listened to them in the speaker demo room at BestBuy, but that's far from a good setup for critical listening. Pretty sure these were designed by Andrew Jones.

 

[wirednuts]

Ugh, bose. They sound fine but that is easily the most overrated brand out there

 

[mshan]

Bookshelf ones are on sale for $50 shipped again with promo code EMCNGHG42 (expires 3/29)

 

[MrVeedo]

Bookshelf ones are on sale for $50 shipped again with promo code EMCNGHG42 (expires 3/29)

picked up a set a couple weeks ago for this, and they are awesome. for 50 bucks its my best audio purchase yet.

 

[mshan]

Center is $50 shipped right now also.

 

[SunRey]

Thank You!

 

[reallyscrued]

God, I can't browse around Hot Deals ever without my wallet getting lighter.

Any issues connecting these to an 8 ohm receiver?

 

[Cheesetogo]

I've got the set for my home theater. Haven't set all 5 up yet, but the little bookshelf are fantastic. Can't beat them for $50.

 

[Meghan54]

Damn, Newegg must have a mountain of these. They seem to go on sale every other week. Darn fine speakers, though, esp. for the price.

 

[jhansman]

Had these in my workshop for a couple of weeks now, and the more I listen to them, the better I like them. Mostly I listen to streaming radio from iTunes, which I assume is compressed (?); gonna feed them some FLAC , crank them up and see how they do.

 

[alkemyst]

Great deal IMHO...Pioneer is often kicked by audiophiles, but they make excellent drop-ins today with great bass response in the car market. The Gemballa Porsche was awesome that their line-up completed. People still look for that set up today in their classic 911/930's.

While you won't shake your foundation, you will experience a great sound for cheap...esp if you bought a boxed system with subpar speakers.

 

[nhocstrasser]

Center is $50 shipped right now also.

Is there a promo code for the center speaker?

 

[mshan]

I don't think there was one.

Usually Newegg will put the promo code right on item page when deal is active.

Sounds like these speakers may go on sale quite frequently, so maybe create a wishlist for yourself at Newegg and watch price.

 

[mshan]

Small bookshelves are $50 shipped again with promo code EMCNFND55 (expires 4/8)

 

[mshan]

Back on sale for newsletter subscribers:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-82117403-L06B (surprising good for home theater; great clarity of dialogue even with phantom center; really good articulation, even at low spl; don't think they are very good at all for music, but very nice for home theater)
- these towers are only about 30 inches tall, so pic to show scale relative to some av furniture I found in Google images: http://www.highdefforum.com/speakers-surround-sound/130366-putting-together-2-channel-setup.html

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82117404-L019D (promo code: EMCNDNE73)


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82117405-L020A (promo code: EMCNDNE74)


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82117402-L014C (first one I bought died 5 minutes after I powered it up; second one is fine, but both have a hum that is perceptible in quiet room even in standby, so probably not ideal for bedroom system)



* promo codes end 6/6/12 *