Jamo Studio Series S 803 Compact 5.0 Home Theater System (White)
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Breadbag
Greater than one weekPicked these up after reading so many good things. I didn’t want to spend a ton and this was perfect! Would buy again for sure.
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Tahsin Shamma
> 3 dayThe price for this small 5 speaker set cannot be beat for the quality of sound. I immediately recommended this to friends and family if they were in the market for a sound system.
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Eric H.
Greater than one weekGreat sound at an affordable price.
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Will Shoemaker
> 3 dayUpdate: I reached out to Klipsch support, after registering on the Jamo website. I figured that after almost a year, they wouldnt likely be helpful. I was wrong! They are shipping me replacements for each of the ones with issues, and a return label for the ones with bubbles showing. Very happy with the service. Original review: This set sounds great, I really like it. Set that center channel right under the TV, and use the receiver to crank the center a little higher than the other speakers, and you will have better dialogue on most movies. They are crisp and clear when loud, instead of thin and grating with the treble. The entire body is some kind of laminate. Most of my speakers have a TON of bubbling all over the body. It is really annoying that they all look so junky up close, because from further back (and up close when new) they look great. It was several months before the bubbles showed up, it was not right away. Im just under a year, right now. Going to try a warranty claim on them, and see what the company can do. Not sure if they will do anything, but its worth a shot.
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Dave
> 3 dayThese are absolutely awesome. Im running a Denon receiver and a Klipsch sub with these. I must say, I didnt have the subwoofer on initially (my dumb butt didnt turn it on) and my wife commented how awesome the music was, lots of bass. Then I turned on the sub... probably not necessary but definitely adds some punch to the bottom end. My point.... these are fantastic on their own (Im a little snobby about sound - on a small budget of course so I definitely recommend a sub). I put the magnetic grills on and my wife (not into tech at all) told me to take them off and they look beautiful. The take away - They look super cool and sound great.
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Jerry McNamara
> 3 dayMaybe some of you are rich bachelors with 5,000 sq/ft mansions, if so go get your $2,000 monster speakers with a $3,000 receiver to match. The rest of us will LOVE this speaker set (paired with a nice $620 Yamaha receiver from Costco). This replaces a 16-year old surround sound system. The back channel speakers are phenomenal and the fronts blow away our movie watching and sports. The center channel was called “too small” in some reviews, but in my 9’ by 13’ sunroom/media room it is perfect and we get to skip the sub-titles now! We like the white cabinets and wood accents so we left the grey grills off. Either look you choose, you won’t be disappointed by the sound of these quality (yet affordable) speakers!
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AK-RAY
> 3 dayI agree with the positive reviews! You want high dollar sound for chump change? This set is value, great value.
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Matt Axley
> 3 dayI have a 400 sqft theater room and these do the trick. For the money, I don’t know if you could beat them. Definitely recommend for a first time theater room.
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Anthony B.
> 3 dayLet me start by saying that I dont consider myself an audiophile. Im just a guy who can tell the difference between this speaker and that one. My Andrew Jones Pioneers were darn good especially for the price. People described them as warm and neutral sounding. Yeah, I agree with that. Along the way I picked up some JBL Loft 40s for my desk. They had a really good amount of low end for their size, and they too sounded warm. In fact Id dare to say they sound a lot like the Pioneers. Now onto the fun stuff. These little beauties sound as good as they look. I ran them without a sub and holy wow was I impressed at the amount of bass that the S803s were pumping out. They sound clean, and it sounds stupid but i felt as if the music and movies that I tested really jumped out at me, as if the speakers were closer than they really were. I liked it. The center and the surrounds are matched and good for HT, but they lack low end. Thankfully we all own subs (if you dont you should really pause right here and focus on that first. Also, SVS. Youre welcome). At this point Ive seen all of the reviews on the internet and Im going to side with Z reviews. He nailed it. Sure, there might be trickery at work here with how good these sound, but I dont really care. My ears are over the moon. In the pictures you can see the S801 is around the same size as the JBL Loft 40. The S803s are quite a bit larger in every dimension. Youll also notice the add on ATM 8 atmos module. Those werent included in this set, I was just trying to show how they all look together (theyre also a must buy IMO, but this review isnt about them). Im in the middle of moving so I put the center and surrounds back in the box. For now Im going to spoil myself with the front LR+heights only. For the price of this set youre not going to find better speakers.
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Bob Vaughn
> 3 dayGot these for my home theater sounds great music is fabulous you can’t go wrong for the price