SL Series 15" 3-Way Floor Speaker - SL-15

Just as I remembered 30 years ago when I had my first pair of Cerwin Vega 380's, these are massive old school speakers that thump! Be sure to have an amp big enough to drive these 15 inch woofers including the proper size speaker wire! Without these two very important things you will not get the results that these can deliver! Very impressive weight of 75 pounds each! Well built and worth the money! The boxes arrived beat to hell, taped up big time, but these speakers were packed very well! No damage what so ever!

These Cerwin Vega SL-15 towers are insane. I have 2 of them on an old school technics receiver and equalizer. They are the loudest, cleanest, ground shaking towers I’ve ever heard in a home system and I’m no stranger to audio. Sure there are louder out there but my living room isn’t a dam concert venue these will rock a normal house like crazy. You will NOT need a subwoofer with these. I play everything from classic rock to old school to got150s (rebassed music with extremely low frequencies) and let me tell you these will hit down to the low 20s effortlessly and a AUDIBLY too! They will rumble your couch harder than a movie theatre, they will literally shake the pictures and the wife’s trinkets off the wall. I’ve done it many times it always amazed me. I can’t imagine how they would sound with an even better receiver than the one I have.

Cerwin-Vega SL-15 15" 3-Way Floor Tower Speaker In my humble opinion I don`t think you will need a sub woofer with these, so you will save money in the long run setting up a 2 ch. system. You can go look up the specs on these speakers and from what I read there is no reason these can`t be used for all kinds of music listening. Keep in mind I have sensitive ear problems and high sharp sound bothers them, and I can tell you the highs from these speakers are not overly sharp like some new speakers that I have heard these days, maybe the tone from the woofers just balances it all out, so I will say it`s a warm sound. These speakers made my vintage Pioneer sound better then it ever has, it always had detail, but never had enough bass tone, till now, it`s only around 12 Watts per channel too, the CV speakers are efficient enough to get some pretty good volume even at 12 Watts in my small living room, if I want to move some air I switch to my Onyko it`s 85Watt, latter I have a 150 Watt amp I will try, and then do a follow-up, but in a small room it might be overkill with these speakers, I don`t want to blow out my ears. Right now, I`m probably going to listen to a lot more of my old Pioneer. These type large old school floor standers are hard to find these days, the ones that are out there are mostly over priced too, and some of those are just big shelf speakers on stands, I don`t like the tall skinny tower speakers, I feel (I don`t know for sure, just what I have experienced) that they are designed for good movie dialog sound in case you just buy two, and they really don`t sound good for music unless they are in a complete surround speaker system. These CV sL-15 speakers are some big box speakers, check how deep they are, that was where I could have measured better, but they fit pretty good otherwise. Product Dimensions 19.7 inches Deep (front-to-back) x 16.6 Wide x 35.9 inches tall. Item Weight 72.5 pounds Yes these speakers are designed in the US and assembled in China, and they are well put together I must say. They also came well packed. Thanks!

When I was in middle school (early 90's), my buddy's mom had a set of Cerwin Vega AT-15 (I think). We used to rock the house when she wasn't home! I always wanted a set of my own, but could never afford them. It's been 30 years and I finally bought me a set of SL-15. WOW! They sound as good as I remember. I haven't turned them up real loud because 1) I live in a townhouse and don't want to anger my neighbors, and 2) I don't crank up my music anymore (I'm getting old lol). I listened to a few Hi-Res audio albums from my Zidoo Z1000 and through an Onkyo 7.1 stereo and was really impressed. The highs were crisp but not harsh, mids and vocals were clear and bass was smooth/punchy... depending on the music. Speaking of bass, I no longer need a dedicated subwoofer for my surround sound system, as these speakers get a lot lower. Overall, I'm very impressed with the sound quality. The build quality is impressive too. I was surprised to find out that the grill frames are made of wood instead of cheap plastic. The only con I have with these speakers are with the grills. There's no place to grab it to pull them off. I'm afraid that I'm going to tear the cloth from digging my fingernails between the speaker and grill. A small groove, wide enough for three fingers on the bottom underside of the grill would've been perfect.

They are sizeable. Make sure you have the room. I am powering these with an onkyo m504 and the bass is enough to get a ticket. It is amazing the sheer brutality of the bass punch. I've never heard such depth. The cabinets bring out the resonance for the neighbors to hear,which is why I have ordered 36 x 24 x 2 thick sound deadening panels to put directly behind each speaker to help reduce travel. Cerwin vega lives up to its reputation. These are the best brawlers in the biz. And for a super good price cant beat it. Mids and highs are exceptionally balanced . I am sensitive to 1khz,2 and 4 of midrange and these aren't on my radar of noticeability at even the top volume. Great speaker. Not for the faint of heart. Love them.

These speakers are awesome… wish I had a receiver that pushed enough power! Still Cristal clear and LOUD!

Using with a Rotel RSX 1056 utilizing the analog input for a music hall cd player and a pro-ject recordmaster turntable with ortofon 10 stylus for two channel stereo. Mostly this is used for records. Right out of the box they sounded flat but warmed up after about 15 minutes. Over the next several hours the sound evened out nicely and the detail and imaging improved Only have about 10 hours on them but I am already in love with them. I have read that CV's are only good for volume, bass is boomy, yadda yadda yadda. I have also read they have no detail and the high end is not good. I am not experiencing any of this. Bass was boomy when too close to the wall but a few inches and that was no longer an issue. High end is fine and detail is clear. They sound amazing. Certainly they are large but that was quite what I was aiming for. As a wise man said in a previous post, there is no replacement for displacement:)

The speakers sound amazing! but had to pull speaker out and re glue piece of wood for a rattle in box!

A questo prezzo difficile trovare di meglio nell'ambito dei diffusuri acustici RD da pavimento. Gammma medio alta definita, pulita, mai fastidiosa alle altissime frequenze. I bassi sono rotondi e potenti, ma attenzione è necessaria una equalizzazione per poterli contenere e regolare in base al proprio ambiente di ascolto, per cui e necessario un amplificatore con dei buoni controlli di tono e bilanciamento per compensare eventuali asimettrie della stanza. In alternativa e possibile utilizzare una Eq digitale o un più preciso sistema tipo DRC. Sono Casse di grandi dimensioni per cui si inseriscono più facilmente in un ambiente dedicato, in una piccola sala difficilmente vostra moglie ne accetterà la presenza! Per quando mi riguarda io le ho trovate esteticamente gradevoli, dal punto di vista sonoro sostituiscono alla grande diffusori di dimensioni inferiori, portando un suono più live verosimile.

These speakers sound great good solid lows and very crisp highs. Had a set of D9's years ago. Thes new models are a improvement form the original design. Love them.