Product Description

A speaker system that not only expands your movie and music experience, but also actually enhances any room you put it in. Stylishly designed and graced with an extruded aluminum body, the front, center, and surround speakers that make up the SKS-HT240 are a combination of convenience and appearance. The included 150-watt powered subwoofer rounds out this system to add the LFE (Low Frequency Emissions) punch to your movies and music for that real movie theater experience.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30910 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: ONKYO
• Model: SKS-HT240
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds

Features

• Speaker System includes - 2 x Front Speakers / 2 x Surround Speakers / 1 x Surround Back Speaker / Center Speaker / Subwoofer / Speaker Cables / Subwoofer Cable / ONKYO USA 1-Year Parts and Labor Warranty
• Each of 6 channel surround speakers is capable of handling up to 100 watts per channel at 8 Ohms / The subwoofer has its own power, rated at 150 watts

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Customer Reviews

Optimum blend of price & performance
I spent a great deal of time researching a home theater system that fit my requirements. Online reviews were the single largest source of information and the biggest input to my decision. I'm hoping this review will aid someone in the same manner in the future.

First, a few words about my situation - we have a largish (20 X 20 X 25) family room with a 50 inch DLP (a Samsung HL-R5067W) in a corner. The room has large floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the right side, solid walls on two sides, and an open back, which overlooks the kitchen area. In short, a difficult acoustic situation. I needed a system that could fill this large space with sound, yet be crisp enough for dialogues. Plus, this was going to be our main music system as well, so it had to do a good job with music CDs and MP3s, with a large mix of genres and styles.

Since this is the family room (roamed by our curious 2 yr old, with spillover noise from the kitchen etc), we didn't want to spend the world either. The understanding was that we'd budget about $1000 for this system, reserving the future 'media room' for the _really_ good system.

Other requirements were: speakers should be medium sized (not as small as bose, but not large either), preferably in silver.

As mentioned earlier, I looked at many systems online, ranging from HTIB systems (Home Theater in a Box) to separate speakers that ran to hundreds of dollars each. We went to Best Buy, Flanners, American etc to listen to some setups, comparing Denon, Yamaha, Sonys and eventually this ONKYO set.

This ONKYO set has almost a 'perfect' review everyplace you see them online. That's what really made me take notice. And when I actually listened to them at American TV, they beat everything comparable, and then some. So we bought them online (from Vanns.com, actually), and haven't regretted them for a moment.

They do have a couple issues - one, and this is highly subjective, is that I don't care for the stainless steel top, bottom and linings (a little too flashy for our taste). They are a little on the large side, with the subwoofer being pretty big. Also, more importantly, you'll need a few tweaks to get them to play up to their full potential. But that's about it.

As many others have attested before me, the sound from movies will change your movie reviews, and to really top it all, Dave Matthews sounds like he's pretty much sitting in my family room (well, I'm exaggerating, but only a little). The subwoofer is beyond good - it produces a low rumble that's almost visceral.

I paired these speakers with an ONKYO TX-SR574S receiver, and the results are delightful. You will need a good receiver so that you can change the sound levels and distance to different speakers individually. I needed to do that before they started sounding really good. You also will need good, thick speaker cables. Not Monster cable - they are a waste of money - but good (16 gauge at least) speaker wire and a better subwoofer cable than what comes with the set.

The entire set cost me about $700, including $100 for good cables. So we have $300 left over for a HTPC I'm building.

And now for the most important measure of all - my wife, who hates sci-fi movies, sat through 'The Fifth Element' from the beginning to the end, including the credits. This one's a keeper.

Awesome speakers
These speakers look and sound fantastic! The speakers are all very easy to mount right on the wall with regular screws. You do not need any fancy speaker mounts. You can also mount the speakers vertically or horizontally in case you are limited by the shape of your room, as I was. Their low profile makes it look like you spent a fortune on your system. The sub-woofer is huge and puts out amazing bass sound. They are far better than other HTIB sets. The sound is rich and is perfect for a small/mid size room. If you want a step higher than these I would recommend the Paradigm CT series, but for the money these speakers are a bargain.

rich,clean sound
I wanted to get a new surround system that did just as good or better on music as it did on movie surround tracks since I'm an avid music lover of all types. Small speaker surround systems tend to do movie surround ok, but sound a little anemic when it comes to playing good old fashion music. I was impressed when I heard the ONKYO's at Circuit City due to their rich and clean sound. They also look great on the wall next to the ever popular flat screen TVs. Their brushed aluminum finish and accurate natural sound real makes a statement in style and performance. One online reviewer said that they have the gravity of a larger more expensive speaker system.
The powered sub is also fairly clean and deep though you might have to set the crossover to 100hz or more to get a good match and set the power output a little lower than normal cause of some booming at high volumes. With my test setup disc from Sound and Vision magazine the bass produced palpable bass down to the middle to lover 30's at least in my medium size room of 15 by 13 with very strong output in the middle 40's.
The wire connections are spring loaded and are adequate for larger size wires, but it would have been nice if they were gold plated binding post on such a fine speaker. They work well with my ONKYO AV receiver which does have binding post. In my room, I get room filling and lively sound on most discs using less than half power.
These speakers work well on Jazz, acoustic, classical and classic rock music but may not be for head bangers that live on heavy metal crunch. They're well worth the money for the discriminate listener. I'm listening again to all my CD's and DVD AUDIO/SACD's to hear what I may have missed over the years.