Anyone heard of BIC America Acoustech Series

[DerProfi]

..if the PHD at Stanford had Paul Klipsch as a student....Paul died at about age 98 so his mentor would have to be about 125 years old today.....(I assume Paul taught him)...in any event, let us know when and if these things come to all Costco outlets...Im in Fla...Thanks

Yeah, I read "who had Paul Klipsch as a student" as "who studied with Paul Klipsch as a student."

[DerProfi]

I picked up a set yesterday and wanted to pass along a little info.

1. Costco is selling these out fast and I don't think they're getting more.
The Costco I visited in Fairfax, VA only had 2 sets left + the display. As Matt F said, this past weekend some Costcos had marketers in the store to answer questions and give demonstrations. I asked if the store manager if the reps would be back sometime and when they expected to get more speakers in, and I was told "not" and "never", respectively. If people want to try these out, you'd better grab a set before the $699 price is gone.

2. Hsu Sub
For what it's worth, the plate amp on the Acoustech sub is a twin of the one on the Hsu STF-1, the only difference being that it doens't say "HSU" on it.

3. Sound
Mine are still breaking in with my $200 Panasonic SA-XR25, but so far I'm very impressed for the price.

[Matthus]

I got them last night. I have not heard any thing for under three times the money that I liked better. They are not as bright as the Klipsch...but that is a good thing....If you are on a budget I say go for them

[wje]

Damn, I live close to the Fairfax Costco store - and heard the "demo" a few weeks back. Very nice sounding speakers.

Given that I am in the market for either 1) Paradigm or 2) Klipsch Reference speakers, I actually forgot all about these given all the demos that I've recently heard.

I guess I should make my decision soon ... and move on these.

[erics0531]

I've had mine for about a month now, and I am extremely pleased.

The only problem I had initially was some distortion when playing at high volumes, but I assumed (correctly as it turned out) that this was an amplifier issue. Having returned my cheap Pioneer and replaced it with a Yamaha HTR-5650 that's been resolved, and the overall tone warmed up a bit to boot.

[Matthus]

Mine are breaking in quite nicely...the sub was OK at first. I watched the matrix Rev last night and wow. The sub is very nice in my room now and getting better.

[Matthus]

If your Costco does not have them you can call call BIC direct. They will sell you some things direct. I purchased a second sub and they offered me a pair of centers if I wanted to go with 7.1.

[Matt F]

After how well the demos went at Costco a couple weeks back, they have decided to run one more day of demos at the stores that have product, but didn't run the original demo weekend.

So, I am at the Federal Way, WA store all day Saturday for anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma metro area that is interested in hearing these beauties sing. Bring your favorite (kid-friendly) DVD!

-Matt

[Matthus]

anymore feedback?

After how well the demos went at Costco a couple weeks back, they have decided to run one more day of demos at the stores that have product, but didn't run the original demo weekend.

So, I am at the Federal Way, WA store all day Saturday for anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma metro area that is interested in hearing these beauties sing. Bring your favorite (kid-friendly) DVD!

-Matt

[erics0531]

anymore feedback?

Still real happy with mine. I haven't seen them at Costso for a few weeks, so it may have been a one shot deal with them.

I'll try attaching a picture of my setup (crosses fingers). I wish my office door wasn't right there, *that's* where I'd put the sub...

[CWS]

Took a leap of faith and ordered these direct from BIC on friday, should have them by the end of next week. Thanks for the picture they look great! I would love to see the back of them, binding posts if you could? I am really excited I had the Fluance sx-htb set on order since March but these looked really nice so I went for it and cancelled the fluance set. Also how did you mount the rears? I am thinking of putting them on speaker stands.

[Beckman]

Still real happy with mine. I haven't seen them at Costso for a few weeks, so it may have been a one shot deal with them.

I'll try attaching a picture of my setup (crosses fingers). I wish my office door wasn't right there, *that's* where I'd put the sub...

With that kind of system in your living room it must be hard to spend time in your office.

[entrylvl]

anymore feedback?

Hi,

After I heard the demo of these speakers at Costco Fairfax, VA I was impressed and came back and did a search and ended up reading the good reviews in this forum. I then bought these speakers, but could not get the same "sound" after hooking it up. I then thought it could be the receiver (I had a four year old Pioneer) and went to Tweeter to shop for a new Receiver: (Being a novice myself, I took the specifications of the speaker to the shop to buy a matching receiver in entry level).

- Bought a Denon 1604 (75 W per channel)
- Changed the speaker cables to Monster
- Bought a new SACD/DVD-audio (Universal) player (Pioneer DV563-A) since they told me that they play SACD for demos!

Here is my problem: I don't know how to describe it, but the sound I hear in my room (18' x 15 ') does not have the "richness" or the bang as I heard it at Costco or at the demo shop. I have the volume level around -32db and if I increase the volume it sounds better, but then it is too loud for our ears. I took the receiver back to the shop and when they played it there it sounded good. Now they say that it could be the speaker, and I hate to return the speakers since the price I paid was good and all the reviews are good. Please excuse me since I am not an expert on these; but I played with all the settings in the receiver and the DVD player.

Could some one help me please.

[CWS]

I would be looking at possibly miswired connections, if you swapped polarity the + and - wires it might muffle the sound. Carefully check both ends of every speaker wire. I would then run a test disc like Digital Video Essentials and properly calibrate the speakers using a SPL meter (available at Radio Shack). The test disc may also reveal any possible problems with the speakers themselves (such as a blown driver). I am somewhat suspicious of the tweeter after being told on the phone that they would send replacement drivers if I found any broken upon receipt. Horn tweeters have a history of being somewhat fragile. You can also check for blown drivers by putting your ear up next to each speaker.

Mine are on the way delivery is scheduled for Monday!