BIC America Venturi DV84 2-Way Tower Speaker, Black (Single)

My review here is based on my test of this speaker against 3 others. I tested it against JBL ES80, Klipsch Icon KF-26 and Bic FH—6T speakers directly. I know that this is an 8inch speaker as against the 6.5 woofers in the others, but I wanted to also include an 8-inch speaker and try to factor its “advantage” in my comparison. Interestingly, all speakers had similar tonality. I tested them using Jazz-instrumental, soft rock, hip-hop and RnB.APPEARANCE:As expected, this is a bigger speaker, although it is only taller than the JBLs by one inch! It is quite basic in design with more of ash- brownish faux wood finish (instead of black) cabinet. I like the curved bottom of the grill but I must say that the material for the grill seems kind of cheap and too transparent (even more conspicuous when next to other speakers) (see my pix). The rear has only 2 wiring posts with no option for bi-wiring. Interestingly, this is a non-ported speaker and I was curious how that may affect the bass quality.SOUND ASSESSMENT:Granted that this was a bigger speaker than the ones I compared, I was nonetheless very impressed with how airy and good the highs of this speaker sounded! While the Klipsch was clearly ahead in sound projection and the highs, the Venturi DV-84 (whose tweeter is same with the DV-64 by the way) was right 2nd in my test. More precisely, it seemed a tie with the JBLs (despite the JBLs have a “super tweeter”). Sometimes, it was obviously better and other times, the JBLs were better in projection. So, I declare it a tie. I must also note that the highs of the DV-84 sounded just right without the harshness or tendency to fatigue the ears.Mids:This was where the DV-84 was in my opinion clearly the top in the group. It just sounded “there” compared to the others. It did feel like a full range sound even when compared to the Klipsch which was my overall best.Stage presence:While I will not make much comparison in bass due to the woofer-size differences, the DV-84 had good bass which surprisingly did not at all overwhelm, when compared with the other speakers. Abit more bass was noticed in bass heavy tracks. That aside, this speaker had one of the nicest sound presence of the 4. You felt a nicely balanced high-mid-bass together. Its mid-range sounded the nicest though not out of balance. The bass was readily filling.Let me add that even without using the DV-64 (6.5 inch size of this venture line), both are clearly superior to the Bic FH-6T. The horn tweeter on that speaker was just noticeably subpar and was clearly the least overall of the 4 in comparison.Conclusion:I had never seen the Bic speakers at any store and despite online reviews, was skeptical since reviews (including this) are very subjective. The venture line however really impressed me. While they may not be the very best speakers out there, they are very much a solidly competing speaker costing a lot less that many for the same sound. A side note however is that I noticed the dome of the speaker cones were soft, as such can be dented. It was also the least attractive in design (which is subjective) and in my opinion, the JBLs were clearly the most visually appealing with grills on and the Klipsch with the grills off. I hope this review is in some way helpful to you.

Purchased these because of all the good reviews and how much bass there is but I am not impressed. I bought an entire surround system by "Fluance" for $250 and the floor speaker from that surround system are much louder mid and treble ranges, bass are about equal. These speakers do seem to get to much higher volume without distortion. These seem to be good if you have them really loud for a good movie or loud music, but for standard sound, the price tag is overkill for the speakers.

I've owned Klipsch, B&W and KEF speakers. My friend has PSB speakers, $700 for the pair . These speakers equal all of those or do better. I only paid $130 ea. for these but they are worth all of the retail price of $375 ea.The thing you have to know about speakers is placement in the room is VERY VERY VERY important. You cannot just slap them on the floor and leave them there. Read the manual on these speakers. They suggest you put them 2-3 feet AWAY from the wall and it does make a difference. These are not a pair of speakers for a little room.The presence and sound stage on these speakers is just breath taking. If you close your eyes you can see the muscians playing their instruments and the depth of sound is just amazing. I had my friend come over and do a blind sound test. He asked me after the first song I played if I was sure I didn't have a center channel speaker on because the music sounds like it's coming right in front of you.I will give this information about the room I'm playing them in (the room makeup makes a HUGE diffence in how speakers sound). The living room is about 20 X 30 with tile floors, an area rug, and large vaulted ceilings (which really add to the sound stage). I have large leather furniture, paintings on the walls, and lots of large plants. I can't stress enough how much room compistion and placement of speakers effect the sound.On any pair of speakers you get, make sure you try them in lots of different positions: point them up, point them in, point them out, and pull them away from the wall varying lengths. Hard flooring and uneven wall surfaces (meaning you have pictures or things hanging on the walls or plants in front of the walls) make a big difference in spreading the sound.If you have a subwoofer please please don't crank it up. When you read reviews and people sometimes list them as 'boomy' I wonder if they just have the subwoofer turned up too high. You shouldn't HEAR a sub as much as you should feel it. You shouldn't hear boom boom boom and not much else, you should feel a nice tight thump that extends sound. I always like to say that a sub drops the bass from your knees to your feet. Also location IS important in a sub and make sure you move it around too A sub being too close to the wall will also lend it to being 'boomy'. I know this review is long, but I hope these tips help you out in making your system sound better.