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Bookshelf Speakers
Don't let its size fool you. The versatile CR65 fills a room with rich, vibrant Boston Sound, making it a great choice for primary use or as surrounds for a larger system. It offers a Boston-built 3/4-inch soft dome tweeter and a single 5-1/4 inch woofer.
Manufacturer: Boston Acoutics
 Bookshelf Speakers
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| User Reviews |  | Great small speakers that put the micros and cubes to shame
rating: 4
When looking for speakers for my living room entertainment system, I wanted to have something that was up off the floor and that could be mounted on the wall, but still sound good.
Tiny cube speakers may look good in design magazines, but they don't have the size needed to produce decent sound. Micro-sized speakers get a little better, but their bass rarely goes below 125 Hz, which is a little too high to get any satisfactory low-end. Since I was trying to get away without using a subwoofer (to minimize impact on the room, and cost), I wanted to find something that could get down to at least 80Hz. While not optimal for home theater usage, it's fine for TV and casual music needs.
Boston Acoustics speakers have always been a favorite of mine, so that's where I headed first. The CR57's were the smallest of the series, with the CR67's the next step up (the CR67 is the newer year's model of the CR65, same specs).
After doing some extensive listening comparisons between the two, and every once in a while substituting in some larger models for comparison, I chose the CR57's for my surrounds and the CR67's for the fronts.
The CR57's are rated for going down to 80Hz, and the 67's are rated for as low as 62Hz. In listening, there was a slightly noticeable difference between them (but it was very slight), so that's why I went the direction that I did. If I was planning to use a sub, I would not have hesitated to use the CR57's all around.
Wall mounting was easy with the Boston Acoustics wall brackets, and these speakers, while not micro-sized or cube-sized by any means, blend nicely into the corners of my room to the point where people don't notice them.
It's been a couple of years now, and I have no need for a sub in my living room, and the CR67's are good enough at imaging that I never purchased a center channel speaker. If I were to watch more movies on this system, I'd definitely want a sub, and maybe a center channel speaker (maybe), but for TV viewing and casual music listening, these are great all on their own.
I recommend these speakers highly to anyone looking for good sound in a compact form factor. They should be complemented with a sub for the best bass response, but if you can't do that right away, they'll do fine on their own until you can.
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Excellent sound and value
rating: 5
I moved up to these Boston CR65 speakers after a long run with a Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble 5.1 system. I chose these as replacements for the right and left speakers in that system, hoping they would add body and depth for both music and movies, and they did just that. Although I goth them for much less than $100, I rate them an excellent value at twice that price.
Playing music in stereo, they are full, rich, and detailed. I appreciated the balanced sound - not boomy or tinny like some small speakers, and the detailed bass is simply amazing for the price range! In movies, they worked nicely with my CSW center and surrounds, not overpowering but adding needed depth and midrange.
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Boston Acoustics CR65 Black 2-Way Bookshelf Speakers
rating: 5
I had tried Infinity speakers with 4" woofers. But these Boston speakers with their 5.25" woofers are head and shoulders above them. You see, I had to find speakers to fit on a shelf of 10.25" height. I am super-pleased with the Bostons. The sound is so rich all tbe way thru the spectrum. I would definitely buy Bostons again, for example, if I'm outfitting a larger space in my home.
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