Anyone have experience with Energy RC-Micro speakers?

maxfisher · 10-28-09, 08:43 AM

I've recently been looking at upgrading my old Sony HTIB to something a little nicer. After a fair amount of research, I settled on Pioneer's VSX-1019AH-K and the Energy Take Classic system. I ordered the Classic system for $350 from an online retailer and they called yesterday to say they were out of stock and most likely wouldn't be getting any more in. They offered to send Energy's RC-Micro system in its place for no additional charge, which is a nice deal price-wise. Of what I've found online, most sources have nice things to say about the RC-Micro's performance, but I figured I'd check to see what people here thought. My living room's only about 12' x 16', so I'm guessing the smaller speakers will do the job. Would anyone strongly advise against letting them change my order?

edclem · 10-28-09, 02:06 PM

Here is a review of them from Home Theater magazine (I remembered reading one awhile back).
I have not heard them myself, however.

http://www.hometheatermag.com/compac...tem/index.html

SUPERMANROB · 10-28-09, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by maxfisher

I've recently been looking at upgrading my old Sony HTIB to something a little nicer. After a fair amount of research, I settled on Pioneer's VSX-1019AH-K and the Energy Take Classic system. I ordered the Classic system for $350 from an online retailer and they called yesterday to say they were out of stock and most likely wouldn't be getting any more in. They offered to send Energy's RC-Micro system in its place for no additional charge, which is a nice deal price-wise. Of what I've found online, most sources have nice things to say about the RC-Micro's performance, but I figured I'd check to see what people here thought. My living room's only about 12' x 16', so I'm guessing the smaller speakers will do the job. Would anyone strongly advise against letting them change my order?

Max you might want to ask this in AVS,you'll get a better response.

maxfisher · 10-29-09, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SUPERMANROB

Max you might want to ask this in AVS,you'll get a better response.

Thanks for the heads up. There's a whole thread on Energy over there with quite a bit of talk on the RC-Micros. Think I'm going to go with them, as they sound like a pretty good system for the $400 I was looking to spend. Though someone over there pointed out some RC-Minis are clearanced from $220 to $90 at vanns and I'm kind of tempted to do that.

parrotheads4 · 10-29-09, 10:48 AM

I just took advantage of the blow out prices you can find on Energy speakers. I picked up 2 pair of c-200s and a c-c50 center for $370 total (I had a sub already). One c-200 had a bad tweeter out of the box (a new tweeter is on the way). This is my first experience with Energy. After a few hours of listening I'd say they sound good, but I'm not blown away like a lot of AVS Forum people are. But for this price I'm not complaining.

BASISON · 10-30-09, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by parrotheads4

I just took advantage of the blow out prices you can find on Energy speakers. I picked up 2 pair of c-200s and a c-c50 center for $370 total (I had a sub already). One c-200 had a bad tweeter out of the box (a new tweeter is on the way). This is my first experience with Energy. After a few hours of listening I'd say they sound good, but I'm not blown away like a lot of AVS Forum people are. But for this price I'm not complaining.

Where did you find these blow out prices? Vanns is the only place that I've seen with any kind of reasonble prices on Energy speakers.

parrotheads4 · 10-31-09, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BASISON

Where did you find these blow out prices? Vanns is the only place that I've seen with any kind of reasonble prices on Energy speakers.

audioadvisor. but over at avs someone found them even cheaper.

10-28-09, 08:43 AM	#1
maxfisher DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 3,452	Anyone have experience with Energy RC-Micro speakers? I've recently been looking at upgrading my old Sony HTIB to something a little nicer. After a fair amount of research, I settled on Pioneer's VSX-1019AH-K and the Energy Take Classic system. I ordered the Classic system for $350 from an online retailer and they called yesterday to say they were out of stock and most likely wouldn't be getting any more in. They offered to send Energy's RC-Micro system in its place for no additional charge, which is a nice deal price-wise. Of what I've found online, most sources have nice things to say about the RC-Micro's performance, but I figured I'd check to see what people here thought. My living room's only about 12' x 16', so I'm guessing the smaller speakers will do the job. Would anyone strongly advise against letting them change my order? __________________ I go back to the comparison I made earlier to slavery. Slavery existed because it was commercially viable and there were those that justified it using circular logic (i.e. slavery was OK because people wanted to keep slaves). It was only when men of moral character started standing up to the slave traders/owners that the wheels were set in motion for the abolition of slavery. I draw a parallel to straight porn. - art

10-28-09, 02:06 PM	#2
edclem DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,739	Re: Anyone have experience with Energy RC-Micro speakers? Here is a review of them from Home Theater magazine (I remembered reading one awhile back). I have not heard them myself, however. http://www.hometheatermag.com/compac...tem/index.html __________________ No TV and no beer make Homer something something...

10-29-09, 10:48 AM	#5
parrotheads4 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NY Posts: 1,404	Re: Anyone have experience with Energy RC-Micro speakers? I just took advantage of the blow out prices you can find on Energy speakers. I picked up 2 pair of c-200s and a c-c50 center for $370 total (I had a sub already). One c-200 had a bad tweeter out of the box (a new tweeter is on the way). This is my first experience with Energy. After a few hours of listening I'd say they sound good, but I'm not blown away like a lot of AVS Forum people are. But for this price I'm not complaining.