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Sony SSF-7000 Floor-Standing 4-way Speaker with 8" Woofer (Pair) | 
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| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
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New (1) Used (2) Refurbished (1) from $179.77
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 8281
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 74
Dimensions (in): 12 x 11.5 x 42
MPN: SSF7000
Model: SSF7000
UPC: 027242712805
EAN: 0027242712805
ASIN: B000OG4E2U
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| Features:
| • | Newly developed 8" mica reinforced woofer | | • | 8" enhanced H.O.P. cone mid-driver | | • | 3.25" mid-driver | | • | 1" nano-fine balanced dome tweeter | | • | 200-Watt maximum input power |
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Product Description
8" Newly Developed Mica Reinforced Woofer. 8" Enhanced H.O.P. Cone - Mid Woofer. 3 " Enhanced H.O.P. Cone - Mid Driver. 1" Nano Fine Balanced Dome Tweeter. Sound Reproduction to 50kHz (for High Resolution Audio). 200W Maximum Input Power.
Amazon.com Product Description
The ultra-powerful Sony SS-F7000 4-Way Floor-Standing Speakers will refresh your appreciation for music. With pristine sound reproduction and high-quality drivers, these speakers bring new life to your music collection. Just as the original composer intended, the sound quality is so rich you feel like you're at a private concert. Lows, mid-ranges and high tones are recreated in high resolution audio, making even the most subtle sounds music to your ears.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Best Speakers for $200 November 16, 2008
Just bought a pair of these to be used as surround speakers for the rear. I hooked them up to a 100W Onkyo stereo receiver first though to do some auditioning. I had a smaller pair of older Cerwin Vega VE8 series 2-ways hooked up before the Sonys. The newer style of 8" VEs sell for around $300 pair. I also own a pair of Klipsch RF-5s since the late 90s. These Sonys turned out to be a little better than what I was expecting for the money, but I will tell you they are just a tad lacking in a couple places, but overall for the current prices, the best speakers you are going to find new. Maybe, they are in need of some extensive break in period but these Sonys do exhibit very good bass. My biggest gripe, which for this price can't gripe really is that the upper end of these speakers could use a little more "bite". They are a pretty mild speaker in my opinion. They have a broad bandwidth, and have the "air" needed at the top and the bass down low, but they are a little lacking in the upper midrange area. They'd be perfect with a little more powerful tweeter/midrange combination. They don't "project" in the upper range like the Cerwin Vega 8" 2-ways do, and of course, there is no comparison to the Klipsch RF-5s, a very powerful, and highly efficient speaker. Just not in the same class or even close. The Cerwins I have are more efficient, and have more texture, more musicality, but then again they do cost at least another $100. These Sonys seem very inefficient compared to the Klipsch, or the little Cerwins. Partly, some of it is that they are an 8 ohm speaker where the others are 6, which has a little effect, but these speakers could handle my Onkyo up to 3/4 on the dial, where they began showing some strain, and though they play loud at 3/4, they are not as loud as the 8" Cerwins. The little Cerwins, and the RFs play much louder at only 1/2 the dial or less. They'll handle the 100 Watt receiver no problem, but their maximum db output does not reach the VE8s or the RF5s. Of course in more expensive speakers, the highest dollar component, or the bread and butter component of a speaker will be the tweeter. I owned an older series of small Sony bookshelves for a day once and returned them for lack of a decent tweeter for a pair of Bose 201s, which in that case was a better deal, but more money. Sony seems to be a very budget oriented speaker with a very budget based tweeter that they continue using, though they have improved it since their earlier series. It has some "air" now, but it is still not quite powerful and dynamic enough like the similar mylar designs Cerwin uses for example. The midrange in these 7000s seems nothing special or far from any regular paper cone type. It's fairly weak as well in its own right, and the two together do "o.k", but this speaker could fully mature into some kind of psudo "next class up" with simply few more bucks, and a tweak put into the tweeter/midrange combo. The bottom end is pretty dang good for a sub $100 ea. speaker. I'd describe the output as similar in performance to a conventional, old school, 120 Watt 12" 3-way, all cone based speaker. The materials that are used though are a little nicer than an old school, paper, 12" inchers, etc. The rubber surrounds, and the cone materials. The quality is pretty good for the money, except as stated in other reviews, I had a problem with some damage to a grill. The grills are not Klipsch, or Cerwin heaviness. They are a bit fragile, and a little flimsy, but the problem lies more in the packaging mostly. The styrene foam blocks used to protect the ends of the speakers are not robust enough in the center of the box, where the speakers lie facing each other with their grills installed, and any bumps to the middle of the end of the box during transport puts a sheering type of force onto the grill ends. Mine looked good, until I went to pull off the grills. One was fine, the other, the two top pins were sheered off and remained in the rubber cups on the speaker face. I had to dig them out with a small pointy object. I do not plan on going round and round with Sony, though I may make one attempt to get a replacement. I figure some Super Glue Gel should do the trick on putting the pins back onto the grills strongly enough to hold. These grills are not the type to be removed on any kind of regualr basis. You'll risk breaking them. Other than that, I find these speakers to be quite nice at $200 pair. Let's put it another way. I have also owned several pairs of Bose 201s and 301s. For $225 out the door, I'd take these Sony 7000s over either of the Bose. These are a better than a pair of 301s, and at least $100 less per pair. They have a fuller range sound a floorstander with two 8"s can give you over a bookshelf type, single 8". You can only do so much with one 8" and a small, ported only, box, and these Sony's can out perform the 301s on the bottom end. On the top end, they would be pretty similar. They are flat out a better buy than 301s if you have the space, and don't have to have bookshelves. I just want to mention that I have more experience with audio purchases than say "Joe average". I'm sure there are others with lots more, but I have above average experience in this hobby/vocation for 30 years with expenditures in the mid $30Ks, and I will tell you that overall, these 7000s are the best, comercially made speaker buy under $100 each money can buy you. So if you are someone on a tight budget, you can't go wrong with these. Just be prepared to be able to supply them with a 100W if you plan on playing them on the loud side because they take a lot of power to get loud, unlike Klipsch, or even the Cerwins. These speakers are highly resistant. They're similar in efficiency to a pair of Bose 901s. Takes a lot to get them going. Wide open my amp barely gets warm with these, whereas the Cerwins will heat my receiver to fry eggs. Then again the Cerwins crank every watt, and every BTU available out of your amp just shy of a meltdown! Klipsch and CW make ones amplifier seem like it's about twice as powerful than when using other speakers like these 7000s. They sound pretty good though, smooth, and wide ranged. They're just a little shallow, and weak in dynamic range, and the cringing type textures you can hear in the others I've compared them against. Softer, and more docile being better words to decribe them, and not as tight, explosive, and highly efficient a speaker, but remember these are not $1000 speakers, and not even $300+ speakers, though they are better than some, and certainly no less than most $300 speakers with the exception of 8" Cerwins. Cerwins are not the most refined, polished, or "european" looking speakers, but they do have their strong points. I've never been a big Cerwin fan, but after I bought a pair of these VE8s, I was surprised with them. Note: If you want to really get the most out of a pair of CWs, bypass the protection feature on the crossover board. They will play quite loud, and take a beating. CW put that protection on there for the user as well as protecting them from having to replace drivers destroyed by partymongers, but the speakers will play quite loud, and knife edge clear without cutting out too soon on you if you have good clean power for them. A novice may blow speakers, but a seasoned enthusiast, or audiophile knows how far they should go by experience, and where to stop. Anyhow, I'd have given these a "5" if they would have been perfect, but they are not absolute, though nearly! I'd give them a "4.3" if there was a selection, but if Sony would improve the way they package these to make grill damage less frequent, and employ just a little more dbs mid- "up top" for these nice towers without increasing the price much, they'd easily be a 5+ rating set of speakers. Regards
 These are fantastic! October 8, 2008
I bought these and was floored by the sound. These are awesome! They were in my room (12x12). The highs and mids were outstanding and the bass pounded. I had to turn the bass down on my receiver. Now they are in the living room (18x22) and they fill the room quite beautifully. Good job Sony!
Good for Music, Better for Movies September 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first thing you will notice when you get these is the size (Height) these are defiantly "towers" in every regard. I have owned many speakers throughout the years, but not many had the full range clarity these do, they seem to 'come alive' on just about anything video games, Movies, Music, ect.. and they can get LOUD if you wire them correctly. I am no stereo guru but I know great sound when I here it, I scoped the more higher end stuff first, everything from Polk, Infinity, Kef, Omnisat, even Focal which was featured in stereo review this year. It is amazing to think these are SONY speakers, for one I'd never been a fan of their products but this does not sound like sony! add that to the many good reviews = Me buying them and Im glad i did! sure you can get 'better speakers' i.e. a little bit more 'boom' but for you buck you will not find anything even remotely as good as these. All in all it depends what your listening tastes are if your into Rock you will love these because of the crystal highs and a good 'punch' of Bass to fill your room or whatever. Movies on the other hand, is where these shine it's probably been said many times before but when viewing a movie you hear things that you may have never herd before the multi-faceted range is amazing it is a "Things are coming at you" (you are in the action) type of feeling, and if you have a Sub (I recommend the SW-12 Infinity) forget about going to the movies your at the movies! Just make sure you have the right hook-up Monster Cable is a must. The only thing I did not like about these is the cheesy puny wires it comes with you need THICK wires for good sound reproduction, other then that these are a steal for the money nobody and I mean nobody (to my knowledge) has put out something with this good of quality sound plus the price to top it off. It's like 'paying for a SONY product' the only difference is that your getting POLK AUDIO Sound!!! Absolutely Recommended. Just wanted to add you can use them as fronts or surrounds dose not matter they sound good either way. Don't be a fool and spend hundreds more Buy Them while you can!
Great price for great product August 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The previous model of this speaker was given top ratings in consumer reports. After reading others reviews I decided to purchase with hopes that it would live up to the ratings of the previous version. My expectations have been met. Not only are these speakers less expensive that comparible brands, but they sound great. When I purchased my Onkyo TX-DS797 receiver, which is set up more for surround sound than stereo, I was disappointed with the sound quality listening to music. It turns out all I needed was new speakers. These speakers can take all that my receiver can dish out. Sound quality was still good with the volume full blast. This was enough to shake the windows and cause pain to the ear drums. Don't let anyone convince you they do not handle bass well.
Proof that you need not spend a fortune for excellent speakers! July 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm no expert, but I know what I hear. These speakers are clear and accurate. I can hear all the different musical instruments in the orchestra with so much clarity and accuracy now than I used to with my old BOSE speakers. Violins, flute, horns, harp, guitars, cello, xylophone, chimes, drums, clarinet... they all sound like they are supposed to, not colored and muddied up in one blend of painful, indistinguishable orchestral noise. Try playing your favourite band or orchestra CD and you'll know what I mean. For the price I paid, $216- delivered, these speakers are excellent value... I highly recommend them.
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