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Title: A5 muddy, boomy bass
Review: A real surprise! After listening to these speakers for a few months, trying different sources, from my laptop to a CD player, they just do not live up to all the positive reviews. They just don't sound natural at all. The primary problem is BOOMY BASS which muddies the entire sound stage. My old cheap $50 BIC speakers sound better. And my Boston Acoustics home stereo speakers make the A5's sound like a cheap boom box. I DO like deep bass, but this is more like low-frequency feedback (around the range of 100 to 300 Hz?). The boom from bass guitar and the lower notes of acoustic guitar sound like almost constant feedback.UPDATE: I recently moved to a much larger space and now have the speakers positioned far from any wall, floor or ceiling and while it reduced some of the muddy, boomy bass, they still sound bad. Hence, I am reducing the rating from 2 stars to 1 star -- speaker placement is no longer a possible excuse for such bad sound.
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