Boston Acoustics' SoundWare XS 5.1 speaker system -- think "extra small," not "excess"

With each of the five satellite speakers measuring less than 4-inches (on a side) each and missing any obvious Goldmund badging, we're going to go out on a limb and guess that the "XS" in Boston Acoustics' SoundWare XS 5.1-channel speaker system stands for "extra small" rather than "excess." We have to take issue with calling the 2.5-inch driver in each satellite a "woofer," and just hope that Boston Acoustics isn't trying to get into a race for the "smallest speakers available that don't fit in your ears" title. Boston Acoustics mercifully adds an 8-inch, 100-Watt subwoofer module to restore any tones below a few hundred Hertz for the psychologically safe price of $499, your choice of black or white.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2009 11:36AM]

This, with one of the new entry-level receivers that decodes next-gen audio - and the buyer is forever freed from the hell known as Home Theater in a Box.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2009 3:41PM]

unless, that is, of course, if you want good sound...

while this would be a nice convenient way of having small items and less clutter, less space and weight each time you move, etc, there's no way these things are going to make good mids, which is where most of the spectrum lives, esp for movie/tv audio.

[Alex5790 Posted Jul 6th 2009 12:33PM]

This would be sweet!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2009 12:58PM]

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