Fluance Elite High Definition 2-Way Bipolar Surround Speakers for Wide Dispersion Surround Sound in Home Theater Systems - Black Ash/Pair (SXBP2)

Hello shoppers, if you’re reading this, then — like me — you probably care about how your movies, music and media sounds! I’ve taken a great deal of care with my home “theater” audio setup but I am not a millionaire who can simply throw money around and buy the most expensive things. For reference I’m running a 5.1 surround system with an aging, but Japanese-built Onkyo high current receiver rated at 75 watts per channel and my front and center speakers are all Polk audio. So; on to the product review. The way my living room is set up puts my couch right up against a wall so I have absolutely no space behind my main seating area for rear surround speakers and when I saw these, I was intrigued. I mounted them at ear-level, so just slightly higher than the back of the couch, and — holy moly — they are amazing rear surround speakers!! Clear highs and great midrange adds that whole experience of true Dolby 5.1 or DTS. The first thing I watched was a few episodes of Game of Thrones and from the ambient sounds “behind” (dogs barking, wind, people chatting) to a dragon flying overhead, to swords clanging and waves breaking on shore, these little guys just immerse you into whatever you’re watching! I also had some good EDM on to see how they did with music and I was very impressed! Ben Böhmer never sounded so good at home! So if you’re still reading this, and you need a good wall-mounted rear speaker option for a really great price, these might be your best option! Especially if you have limited space or, like me, NO space behind your seating area. They look really good too! I got the black ones :) Cheers!

I bought a pair of these speakers in 2020 for my rear surround sound and I’m still using them. They create a great rear surround sound stage. Look great and sound great.

Just received mine yesterday (I ordered mine from Amazon.com) I immediately hooked them up to My Yamaha RX-V473 5.1ch AVR and put in Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls Blu-Ray Disc. Definitely worth their asking price for the level of sound reproduction these things put out!!! My Poor-Man's Home Theatre setup consists of the following - POLK AUDIO 75T (Front Speakers), POLK AUDIO CSX250c (Center Channel Speaker), KLIPSCH R-12SW (Powered Subwoofer) and now the FLUANCES for the Surround Speakers. I'll be playing music from my NEXUS 6P and watching more Blu-Rays anytime/everytime I get a chance to so that these speakers can start to "open" up. After 3+years for my other speakers they sound alot better than when they did when they were brand new. So far though I'm pleased with these Fluances, they look good and have good weight to them for there size. UPDATE: 5/29/2018 I've Had These Surrounds For Close To a Year Now, And They Are Fantastic!!! They Sound Better Today Than When I Bought Them (Most New Speakers Do). Watched Black Panther on Blu-Ray Disc via Yamaha AVR and Dolby Digital Plus, They Sound Marvelous Along With My POLK AUDIO Center Channel and Floorstanding Front Speakers. These Are No Doubt Probably The Best Speakers per $$$ Spent Anyone Could Buy, Period!!! UPDATE: 2/5/2019 These speakers continue to perform and impress. I've listened to My playlist from Google Play Music on My Huawei Honor 6X via Aux cord to My Yamaha AVR and watched PENNY DREADFUL Seasons 1&2 on Blu-Ray and the sound effects really shine on these Fluances.

To start Fluance the Canadian-based company makes excellent products for unheard of prices. with that said these little things here, the AVBP2'S are a great bargain especially if your just getting into HT. For the record I'm not an audio guru nor pretend to be but for what they do- you won't find anything at this price (quality-wise) for such a good deal. at first they sounded a little bit "tinny" not much oomph stage-presence, you can tell they are there but not in the same way you could notice a book-shellf set up I would recommended going up a bit more in the price range and possibly try to pick up the HTD website systems, there stuff usually gets high praise among certain AV forums. Def-Tech and Mirage are also good in this area for bi-pole/di-pole speakers, These are a good deal but it's mostly all treble- in some case you want it to be like that but it depends in which type of format/setting/genre of media you plan to be using them for. For video games these truly are awesome you can just about set them anywhere in the room explosions, voice's, and clarity really comes to life. Movies? hit and miss, here's why: when watching a movie (blu ray/dvd whatever) you notice that your mains (front towers) may in fact be eating up too much power and not allowing these little guys to work to there advantage it can also go the other way to depending on the type of receiver you have. However, this is only my experience and i could very well have the amp or wiring placed incorrectly if i do find something else i will write an update, until then i will just fiddle with it until i perhaps get better response. Like i said up above i am not an audio guru but do know enough about stereo and ht hook-ups have used many brands throughout the years, now if you are considering getting this one, it would do you well to consider the one above this it cost's just a little more but is highly worth it. Between the two there is no contest, not taking anything away from these they are good for what they do but sometime you want something with a little more dynamic range a "fuller stronger sound" are these worth it for the price? sure. but will they deliver full range "small bass response"? No. If you have the doe and you cannot wait buy em,however if you have a little extra to spend i would go with it's bigger brother. Lastly i would add Premiere Acoustics also have very good speakers for a bargain price. Just check out their site they have di-pole surround in 5' 6' and 8'from what i have read and heard from the manufacturer the 8'versions blow the competition (higher end makes/models)Away. must buy. they destroy the competition at a low price. So in closing it is suggested to shop around first many good deals out there usually it's the one's you never here about that have the most "bang for your buck" factor. All in all the avbp2's are excellent quality made surrounds the down side is the size of the woofer you are going to need at lest a 5 inch or 6'size just to get the full range experience when hooking up to a HT.

I had a tight budget for a home theatre installation and thought I'd give these speakers a try and was glad I did. For under $200 I didn't have high expectations going in but I must say these speakers exceeded my expectations considering their price and did a great sound for surround sound on a 5.1 theatre setup. First off surround sound speakers are used infrequently and therefore are not as important as the Center Channel Speaker or Left and Right front speaker. A good quality subwoofer is also much more important than surround sound speakers. If you have a tight budget like I did, put 75-90% of your speaker budget into the front speakers and sub and only 10-20% of the budget into the surround sound speakers. My surround sound system consists of some Monitor Audio Speakers for the LCR, an NHT Subwoofer and yes the two Fluance SXBP2 speakers for surround. My Receiver is a Marantz AVR with Audyssey Speaker Equalization and that my friends is one of the secrets to getting good sound from your theatre system. Proper speaker calibration will equalize the speakers in the room and often compensate for various acoustical differences. Speaker calibration can sometimes make average or mediocre speakers sound great, especially when used in non-critical applications like surround sound. Fluance Speakers are Made in Canada .. I was surprised to learn this and didn't know prior to purchasing. Build quality is good considering the price. The speaker cabinets are built out of particle board and covered in a black, wood grain semi flat vinyl laminate. Each speaker has a two screw hanging bracket on the back and the speakers have binding post connectors. I did find the speakers to be rather frustrating to mount. First off there is no template in the box so I had to make one up. Seconding the mounting bracket requires two screws and is wider than a single stud so you will need at least one drywall anchor to mount the speaker. Next you have to be very careful to get your mounting screws level otherwise your speaker will look crooked on the wall. Lastly the binding posts are not recessed enough to allow for the use of banana plugs when wall mounting. SOUND: The first word I would use to describe the sound of these speakers is Bright. There is not much base from the 4" woofers but that's ok since most surround sound is effects and not full range. The bipolar driver arrangement provides a wide sound field and good dispersion making them excellent speakers for surround sound. Overall I'm highly impressed with these Fluance Surround Sound Speakers for the price. If you are on a tight budget have an AVR receiver with a good speaker calibration program these Flunance speakers will sound great and definitely do the job. I would recommend these speakers for home theatre surround sound on a budget and would use them again.

El producto tiene buen desempeño, y cumple con holgura las especificaciones que anuncia. Yo tuve un reclama, y el proveedor tiene una atención al cliente EXCELENTE.

Good all round product and have integrated well in my surround system

Little expensive when u import from US. However, the sound is amazing.using it as a surround speaker. It simply compliments my HT with its sound and design.

the speakers arrived well packaged .after unwrapping they looked well made and finnished with wall hangings, set them up as surround speakers sound realy good would recommend to those on a budget