I did a large amount of research before deciding on my new home theater system. I read hundreds of reviews for various Speaker companies, A/V receiver companies, HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players and HDTV's. I went to several audio/video stores and sampled as many products as i could.
I read numerous reviews concerning Aperion and how much everyone that has ever heard their speakers loved them. At first i was a little hesitant to purchase speakers online without ever having had heard them, but with the 30-day in home audition I figured I might as well give them a shot. As you will read below, it wasn't a mistake.
In concerns of these speakers - When they arrived I was very impressed with the packing job - one of the boxes did have some damage but because they pack these beauties in a "box in a box" with foam inbetween, the internal box had no damage. opening the speaker box you'll find the speaker nice and snuggly fitted in the box, wrapped in velvet/silk covers. The speakers are very well made and the Black finish was beautiful. So needless to say I was excited to plug these in and see what they sounded like.
I kept reading and hearing from people that Denon was the way to go for the A/V receiver but after comparing prices, features and listening to several A/V receivers in person, i was impressed by the cost/feature/performance ratio of the Yamaha RX-V3800BL and decided upon that. As of this review I have not received my TV yet (Sharp AQUOS® LC-52D92U LCD - the new 4ms, 120hz, 15000:1 contrast ratio LCD TV), so I cannot comment on the video aspects of the receiver, but I did plug the HD-DVD player (Toshiba HD-A30 1080p HD-DVD Player) into the Yamaha receiver, wired up the speakers and powered everything on.
I decided to test the speakers using a large variety of music. The sound was amazing on everything i tried. The sound was the clearest I've ever heard on a home theater system (in home system). While the bass was literally thumping throughout my body and shaking the walls, it never once over powered the mids and highs. Voices were crystal clear anywhere in the room. Sounds blended nearly perfectly together to the point it was extremely difficult to impossible to tell specifically where the sound was coming from, which to me is a sign of a very good A/V receiver/speaker setup.
The Yamaha A/V receiver, like many mid to high range receivers, does the sound volume using - to + Db settings(This receiver ranges from -60db to +20db), having the volume set to around -20db which is around 1/2 way up to max volume, the speakers were loader than anything I could actually stand and still the speakers sounded fantastic, no distortion, everything was clear and sounded clean. I pumped it up to about +10 Db but by that point, pictures started falling off the walls. but needless to say, the speakers still sounded great, still no distortion from the speakers themselves (Just the stuff falling off the walls *smile*).
I also tried all the music at reasonable volumes (-45db to -25db) to see what it sound |