Eltax Liberty 5 versus Mission 702e

Advantages: fantastic 'big', rich sound. Very good price.
Disadvantages: quite deep, need to be away from wall

...demonstrations of both products (albeit in different shops!), and much to my own astonishment,I opted for the Eltax. I had fully intended on the basis of equal reviews to go for the Mission by virtue of it being from bass-ported not rear like the Eltax. However I couldn't ignore the fact that the Eltax had a considerably superior definition of bass. It was clearer and smoother than the Mission, which was quite bass-heavy and boomy in comparison. The only drawback is that they are both slightly deeper in size than the Mission and rear bass-ported which means they shouldn't be placed directly against the wall. Notwithstanding this however, they are a seriously class act, can handle 100 watts of power and deliver a depth and quality of sound which, if you're used to compact speakers, will take your breath away....

Joekool 11.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of ELTAX SYNPHONY 8

Fli Active 12 Subwoofer

Advantages: Reasonable-ish value and very nice design
Disadvantages: Simply doesn't sound deep or loud enough

...), and maybe this is why other reviews are so favourable. Another reason is that perhaps smaller cars sound better (mine is a Rover 400 saloon), and also possibly the revised model may sound better... I hope these views have helped your decisions. On the whole I would give this a miss and get a more expensive subwoofer....

Andymancan 02.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of FLI 12" Active Subwoofer BASS BOX PC4-2

Eltax millenium 500

Advantages: very loud, cheap way to get good loud sound.
Disadvantages: police knocking on the door!! and falling out with neighbours

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thegeth 07.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Eltax 500 Millennium

Eltax Liberty 5 series

Advantages: Excellent affordability and sound
Disadvantages: Is there any?

...I purchased these last year from Richer Sounds, which is only one a of a few places that actually sell Eltax products, aswell as the odd shop and hi-fi store. I thought the floor standing ones looked so much more impressive than the book shelf ones, and paid an extortionately heavy price of £110! They look impressive to look at and the colour of the wood to the single bass and single tweeter cones work perfectly (I chose the Beech colour wood with metallic and white cones). Sped home in a taxi and after figuring out how to bi-wire them I set about positioning them in my match box room! They need to be at least a foot away in perimeter from anything, and you can add spiked feet for extra height and clarity of bass which often rumbles through the floor. The Eltax website is very impressive and they have lots of quality products. They have...

B3ar 06.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Liberty 5 Speaker Package

FLI 12" Active Subwoofer

Advantages: All in one compact design. Very Powerful.
Disadvantages: I have not found any.

...This is a very good product. A great addition to any car audio system. I Bought this active subwoofer system because I did not want the untidy mess of all the wiring from the sub unit to the amp, plus I found it easier to just buy the unit all in one because then you are guaranteed to get the correct specification amplifier. The other advantage of this system is that you can still use the boot of your car, because the unit is all in one enclosure all that has to be done to take it out is remove 3 cables with fork fittings and the two phono cables and then it can be lifted out of the boot. The Dimensions of this unit are 500(L) x 350(W) x 380(H)mm which is not huge and the unit does not weigh a huge amount and can easily be lifted in and out with out any problem. This unit has a RMS Output power of 300 Watts and a Peak Output 0f 1000...

E.Pitt 31.05.2007 (30.05.2007) · Read review
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Review of FLI 12" Active Subwoofer BASS BOX PC4-2

Clean and pristine subwoofer

Advantages: Clean sound output, stylish and very modern
Disadvantages: Quite pricey, average sound output

...The Toshiba SW 1000 Subwoofer is unique looking in the way that most people think of subwoofers as being box shaped, which in fact is true for most sub woofers. The SW 1000 looks rather like a closed laptop and may fool some people into thinking it is. This particular subwoofer measures at 67 cm in length, 31 cm in width,7 cm in depth and it weighs a quite considerable 5.2 kg. Taking all the measurements into account you can see that this particular subwoofer is quite large considering its sound output. But, then again most subwoofers are quite large. The subwoofer produces a 35 W (Watt) RMS amplifier output. RMS power is the amount of continuous power, which is measured in Watts. The level of RMS or continuous power determines how loud and how clean the sound output is from a sub woofer. The 35 Watts of RMS power means that...

yassarikhan786 10.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Toshiba SW 1000

Look At My Subwoofer!

Advantages: Good Sound Projected / We Got A 5 Year Warranty
Disadvantages: It Isn't The Nicest Looking Thing

...Straight to the point; another attempt at a review that is technology related! Well, here goes.... The YST-SW015 is a subwoofer speaker which comes in a nice box along with a simple to read instruction manual, which informs you of all the technical specs and so on. All though to be honest, it is easy to set up anyway, I mean even I can do it so... Now, looks wise, in my opinion, it is not the nicest looking thing in the line of speakers, it is a kind of black cuboid shape, measuring 11 Inches in Width, 12.61 Inches in depth and 12.81 Inches in height. So, as you can visualize, this is quite a compact design, and so fit in to the most modern of homes. Also present is a silver coloured panel with the basic volume control functions present on it which are marked clearly. This subwoofer (with a power of 70 Watt) is powerful...

benraiben 17.07.2004 (18.07.2004) · Read review
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Review of Yamaha YST-SW015

Ideal Bedroom Speakers

Advantages: Compact inexpensive bi-wireable 2 way speaker 90W power handling
Disadvantages: Needs careful placement to avoid boomy bass. Synthetic beechwood finish is rather ersatz

...I brought these Eltax speakers to brighten up one of many bedroom DAB mini hi-fi units that we have in our home. In the main these mini systems tend to come with woefully inadequate speakers and so can be immensely improved by the simple act of upgrading the speakers to something with a semblance of frequency response. I didn't want to pay a lot for a set of speakers which would, in the main, only be heard by guests but I did want to get something halfway decent. A bit of research revealed these units along with several other alternatives were available at around £50 from Richer Sounds. I set off to listen to these Eltax units alongside the Kef Cresta 10, and the Gale 3010. Being a closet anorak and ex BBC engineer - I know that KEF made the driver units for many of the famous BBC designed reference loudspeakers like the LS3...

jennyd60 12.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Monitor 3

How can I not own a subwoofer?

Advantages: Reasonably priced, easy to set up, reliable
Disadvantages: Not stylish, a lot of wires, not top quality and volume

...of the blue, a mate told me he?d seen some 5.1 speakers on eBay for around £50, and reckoned that was pretty cheap. Having around that amount lingering in my dad?s PayPal account after some sales on eBay, I thought what the hell, and bought a reconditioned T5900 system then and there. Needless to say, that was pre-ciao and I had a habit of buying stuff without looking up comparisons and so on. Point was, it had a subwoofer! What a great name! I suppose it was the deciding factor in my purchase of a GeForce graphics card a couple of years back as well, so it has been a bit of a recurring factor. Generally speaking, with my new-found knowledge, the bit at the front indicates satellite speakers, so 5.1 has 3 at the front, and two at the back, while 7.1 has three at the front, two at the sides and two at the back. The bit at the end...

snootyjim 24.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Creative Inspire T5900

Mid price performance, budget cost

Advantages: Excellent mid-priced speakers at budget price
Disadvantages: Not small!

...My pair of Eltax Liberty 5 floor standing speakers give astonishing results and cost a lot less than I expected. These impressive beasts give true mid priced performance at very little more than budget cost. I bought just the main speakers on their own, and paid around the hundred pound mark, where else, but Richer Sounds. This was part of a two stage ploy to get some semi-serious audio kit into the house without 'er indoors taking a tantrum! They stand a full 84cm off the ground, are 20cm wide and are 33 cm front to back, but the shouldn't be pushed against a wall as this restricts the rear reflex port. They are made of 22mm chipboard, so they are substantial enough to do the business, without needing to be a weightlifter to move them, mine are covered in 'beech' effect foil. There is a single 150mm bass...

dobieg 31.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Liberty 5 Speaker Package