is it just me or are those speakers really frickin small?

carl669 wrote:is it just me or are those speakers really frickin small?

yeah they are small but you only need them for mid - high frequencys

carl669 wrote:is it just me or are those speakers really frickin small?

They are small, have you seen the small BOSE ones, they are bad ass, this would be an awesome upgrade from my Onkyo's.

Average rating is 4.0 star on Buzzillions.
http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/sony-bdvis1000-home-theater-system-reviews

And 92/100 on Alatest.
http://alatest.com/reviews/home-theater-system-reviews/sony-bdv-is1000/po3-64348752,78/

jessiebyrd004 wrote:Average rating is 3.8 star on Buzzillions.
http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/sony-black-5-1-channel-blu-ray-disc-player-home-theater-system-reviews

Not even the same speakers!

carl669 wrote:is it just me or are those speakers really frickin small?

No, the DVD player is unusually huge...

carl669 wrote:is it just me or are those speakers really frickin small?

They are, and in my listening experience at Best Buy/Fry's, they sound pretty bad.

The "speakers" only produce tinny highs and nasty mids whereas the "woofer" unit produces almost all the vocals/mids as well as the muddy bass.

I can't imagine these speakers to be worth anything in the way of sound quality. Ugh.

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When I have tested these at work I always felt that the speakers sounded really tinney. You had to really turn up the sub woofer to get good balanced sound. They were also rather quiet.

Doesn't appear to support tuning ATSC -- you'll need a separate tuner if you don't have cable or satellite. Or fios.

jessiebyrd004 wrote:Average rating is 3.8 star on Buzzillions.
http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/sony-black-5-1-channel-blu-ray-disc-player-home-theater-system-reviews

That set has different speakers. The actual product (if we can ever buy it) is reviewed at http://reviews.cnet.com/home-theater-systems/sony-bdv-is1000/4505-6740_7-33247123.html and retails at $999.99 at http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665532066.

I'm guessing refurb.

Is it a powered subwoofer?

i might be wrong, but after a quick google check it doesn't seem like the price is slashed all that far from the retail price. and the reviews aren't fantastic. but this is just from a quick skim so meh, who knows?

audiophiles are crazy :P.

anyhow... would you guys say a great sounds system vs. say an average bose/onkyo system is like the comparison between HD and SD? or is it more like HD and ED?

manual (pdf)

How do the satellite speakers get their power? Batteries? "Wireless electricity"?

wootevil wrote:Is it a powered subwoofer?

No, like most home theater in a box products the sub is powered by the receiver.

Blu-Ray is going to die a miserable Sony death.

China Blue HD-DVD will take over soon.

Consider yourself warned.

I have installed many of these and the sound/pic is great, the wireless rear setup works flawlessly and those little speakers are soooo easy to hide......

strata wrote:audiophiles are crazy :P.

anyhow... would you guys say a great sounds system vs. say an average bose/onkyo system is like the comparison between HD and SD? or is it more like HD and ED?

I doubt it would take an audiophile to tell how poor the sound is on this one. I mean come on, the speakers are the size of a golf ball!

How rugged is this? Specifically will it still work if you drop this from a warehouse roof or run it over with car?

I bought a set of 5 speakers a little while back (Klipsch). Would I be able to replace the speakers in this with those? For $500 a Blu-Ray and reciever isn't a bad deal.

Maybe not quite as bad as Bose, but still pretty bad nonetheless!

previous manual was for the blu ray here's one for the stereo:

Sony WAHT-SA10 Home Theater System

and the blu-ray again:

Sony BDV-IS1000

Amazon has them for $650. Reviews 4/5 stars. 22/44 people give it 4 stars.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001EWEXOC/

Why does the detailed picture show the speakers with wires? Just curious.

Does this pass the HDMI through or does it actually handle/separate the audio/video over HDMI?

I heard there was two types of things receivers do with passing HDMI but was a little confused on the matter...

If anyone was wondering, the "wireless" rear speakers will still have wires connecting to them. The wireless refers to not having wires running from the front of the room, to the back of the room. There is a receiver that needs to be plugged in that goes in the back of the room. The two wireless rear speakers are then wired into the receiver in the back of the room as opposed to the main receiver/Blu-ray player in the front.

Also, Sony has a proprietary connections between the speakers and the receiver. You may be able to splice real speakers onto the receiver connections, but it would most likely sound horrible as the receiver would not be putting out the correct wattage to run good speakers well.

Mainiac wrote:Blu-Ray is going to die a miserable Sony death.

China Blue HD-DVD will take over soon.

Consider yourself warned.

The only thing I think that is holding blu-ray back is the stupid high cost of movies. The china HD-DVD is only doing well because of the cheap prices of the movies. Of course, blu-ray should never have beat HDDVD anyway, I think Sony wanted to actually win a format war for once so they bought the victory.

With those tiny speakers, are you sure this isn't a .51 surround sound setup?

it looks slick, but still a little overpriced for me. i really need a good surround sound system though.

and why does it say wireless when it shows all those wires!?

can i connect front l/r rear l/r and center audio cables to this from my laptop??? you know, the jacks that look like headphone jacks... mmm computer gaming in surround sound!!!!

You don't want this. Combo DVD/Receiver are never worth it. They always flake out... you cant control the bass and wireless electricity, dont even get me started on that.

Looked tempting as a replacement for my receiver and a much needed Blu-Ray player, but there aren't nearly enough inputs. That's to be expected since it's technically just a HTIB, not a proper receiver. Oh well.

skywarrior3 wrote:Why does the detailed picture show the speakers with wires? Just curious.

Because all the speakers need wires, there is a wireless unit for the surround speakers, but you must connect the surround speakers to that unit with wires.

I purchased this system when it first came out, and assure you that this is a truly outstanding surround sound/BD system for small-to-medium sized theaters. The auto-sound adjustment is 'spot on', and the BluRay (via HDMI)looks as good/better than any stand alone player that I own. It's also ideal for those with wives who complain about too much equipment cluttering up the place, since it's so inobtrusive. Awesome Deal!

This sure works for a small room. Dont expect that chest pumping bass frecuency watching Transformers.

These speakers are way too small. They won't be able to produce any decent sound. They will sound tinny, and the sub will lack any kind of presence.