Cerwin Vega

Knucklehead
Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
edited January 2009 in Speakers
I would like to hear what everyone thinks about Cerwin Vega speakers.
Thanks in advance.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2009
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    I would like to hear what everyone thinks about Cerwin Vega speakers.
    No you don't.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited January 2009
    Cmon Face...cant be that bad
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    I've listened to quite a few Cerwin Vega's before...one of my best friends dads is a CV nut...he swears by them. He has I believe 4 different pairs of CV floorstanders. In my opinion though...they don't really have the best sound quality. They're great party speakers...you can crank those things to the moon and back and barely even phase them. They just really lack on clarity and definition in my opinion though. Like I said, they're great for parties, but as far as intent focused listening I'd look into something else.

    I've never heard any of their smaller HT offerings though, except once in a short demo at an A/V store...I wasn't to impressed with them.

    Just my .02 cents.
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  • TheMARPATNinja7
    TheMARPATNinja7 Posts: 150
    edited January 2009
    How about their subs?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    TheMARPATNinja7 wrote: »
    How about their subs?

    I've never heard any of their subs before. The HT setup I was demoing was using a 15" MTX sub. I'm sure they'll pressurize the hell out of a room, I know their bigger floorstanders will. It might not be the highest quality sounding bass ever.
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  • TheMARPATNinja7
    TheMARPATNinja7 Posts: 150
    edited January 2009
    So it's pretty much like their car stuff? Quite loud but not the best.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    TheMARPATNinja7 wrote: »
    So it's pretty much like their car stuff? Quite loud but not the best.

    I've never heard their car stuff before...but yeah, that's about the gist of it. Like I said...my buddies dad has some CV towers...and there were times I'd be heading over there and I'd be a block away and I could hear the things...lol. His main speakers now are some big CV towers that each have two 15's, as well as a couple mids and a tweeter. Not sure on the sizes on the mids or tweets though. Those things will pressurize a room like crazy...but the SQ just isn't there. Great party speakers though...as I can attest to from quite a few nights...lol
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  • TheMARPATNinja7
    TheMARPATNinja7 Posts: 150
    edited January 2009
    Yeah those speakers are ridiculous, if they're the ones I'm thinking of they have the two 15s, a 6.5" mid and like a 1" tweet. I'd love to hear those 15's kicking, pretty sure they go down to around 25hz, I'd love to have some towers with that kind of response, but you're right about the pressure, I'm pretty sure my head would explode.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    They had two mids...I'm thinking they were probably 6.5 inchers.
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  • TheMARPATNinja7
    TheMARPATNinja7 Posts: 150
    edited January 2009
    Ok, I gotcha.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    Actually, nevermind. Maybe they did each only have one mid. I'm not positive...but I think these are the ones he has.

    http://www.shopcerwinvega.com/detail/CER+CLS-215/CLS-215

    I got a kick out of it...on their website under their name it says that they're "The LOUD Speaker Company"...that's a pretty accurate description...
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited January 2009
    thanks curt......im in my 40's so yeah...the vega's have a spot in my past....lol
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  • 93benz
    93benz Posts: 6
    edited January 2009
    I was just forced to replace my Polk CS1 center channel with a tiny bit smaller speaker because the polk would not fit into a tv cabinet that I bought. I went with a cerwin vega that is about 1 inch shorter with the same speaker config. Not even a question which sounds better. Polk is clearer with none of that hollow/echo sound. Cerwins may be a little cheaper but don't do it, learn from my mistake:-)
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited January 2009
    93benz wrote: »
    I was just forced to replace my Polk CS1 center channel with a tiny bit smaller speaker because the polk would not fit into a tv cabinet that I bought. I went with a cerwin vega that is about 1 inch shorter with the same speaker config. Not even a question which sounds better. Polk is clearer with none of that hollow/echo sound. Cerwins may be a little cheaper but don't do it, learn from my mistake:-)

    which cerwin vega did u go with...i have the ve 5c model
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  • 93benz
    93benz Posts: 6
    edited January 2009
    I got the same one, the sound difference from one to the other is huge. I thought them being in the same price range and almost the same size, there wouldnt be a big sound difference but wow! The Cerwin just sounds very hollow to me, maybe I just need to do some tweeking on the tuner to get it right with the rest of my setup (all polk). I am having some tower problems at the moment. See Blown tweeters thread :-(
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2009
    Buy some Poly Fill from a crafts store and install it behind the woofer(s). It will help with the hollow sound but may reduce bass output.
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  • 93benz
    93benz Posts: 6
    edited January 2009
    I have some here. Do you mean to just wrap around the frame/magnet on the back side and maybe attach with small zip ties
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,782
    edited January 2009
    You put it in the cabinet behind the woofers, you don't attach it directly to them. You can attach it to the back of the cabinets if you want.
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