Onix Rocket RS450 Loudspeaker Review
Summary
- Product Name: Rocket RS450 Loudspeaker
- Manufacturer: Onix
- Distributor: AV123
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- Review Date: October 03, 2006 20:00
- MSRP: $ 899
- Specifications
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System: 2-way, three-driver direct-radiating system, vented enclosure with two rear-firing flared ports.
Drivers: Vifa Ring Radiator tweeter, two custom 5.25" long-throw mid-woofers
Frequency Response: ±1.35db 200Hz to 20KHz; ± 3 dB 38 Hz to 20 KHz
Crossover Point: 2.5kHz
Slope: 12dB acoustic
Impedance: 8 Ohms nominal
Efficiency: 87dB (@ 1 watt / 1 meter)
Dimensions: 37 5/16" H x 15 5/8" D x 8 13/16" W at widest point; 6 7/16” at the front; 5 3/8” at the rear
Weight: 70 lbs/pc shipped
Pros
- Great aesthetics
- Accurate and articulate
- Good bass extension for a bookshelf speaker
Cons
- Unstable – want to tip over
- Flimsy grill
Introduction
In a smaller room, most people will recommend a set of bookshelves and a sub. If you are going to spend any time watching movies, you’re going to need a sub regardless. This is all true and valid. But as a bookshelf speaker owner, I’ve always looked at pics of systems running floorstanders in a room smaller than mine and wondered… What if… So, it was with great excitement that I accepted the assignment to review the Rocket RS450s. Would they really be overkill? Would they really be too much for my room? Would I really convince my wife to let me buy them? Well, I can say definitively NO… to the last question. The rest remains to be seen.