Monster now shipping SL100 speakers, coat hangers not included

by Steven Kim, posted Mar 22nd 2008 at 11:50PM

Perennial whipping boy in the A/V market, Monster Cable, has launched its compact StreamLine (SL) 100 speakers. Seriously, we've never found Monster Cable products to be bad, it's just the marketing hype and pricing that gets under our skins. Anyways, if you absolutely have to have your cabling and speakers match, take a look. If that's your style, chances are you'll be interested in purchasing a set of the $300 swappable panels (cherry, silver, maple, red or yellow) to make your speakers match your decor as well. The primary tower speakers and the center channel feature 3-inch aluminum woofers and 1-inch aluminum tweeters, and the subwoofer has a 10-inch driver backed by a 120-Watt amp. Prices are $600 (per pair) for the towers, $300 for the center channel, and $500 for the sub. Cables not included, but Monster can cover you there, too.

Filed under: Speakers

Tags: audio, monster, monster cable, MonsterCable, sl 100, Sl100, StreamLine 100, Streamline100

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Kevin G @ Mar 23rd 2008 2:38AM

first
"The Ideal Home Theater Audio Solution To Fit Any Lifestyle."
obvious bose reference. monster fable meets blose, hurray.

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Alex @ Mar 23rd 2008 12:02PM

"first"

Die in a fire.

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Allen @ Mar 23rd 2008 1:33PM

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Burn in the blackest pits of hell.

Once again, we have overpriced, over crapified crap that I will love to laugh at when dumb people buy it.

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eugene @ Mar 23rd 2008 9:50PM

Awww, come on, all those people who have Bose Lifestyle setups need speakers to upgrade to.

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locke6854 @ Mar 24th 2008 8:28AM

Steve-- you're a speaker guy... since we conjured up the Bose name, heres a good (long, but very enlightening) article on the bose acoustimass set. The author takes it apart and tests the hell out of it, and exposes its many limitations.

http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html

Seems like both these companies are appealing to the person who has alot of money and no sense.

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Steven Kim @ Mar 24th 2008 11:28AM

Thanks for the link! Looks like I'll really enjoy the read. It's always amazing to me how well Acoustimass does in the marketplace, credit to their marketing. I always found the sound phasey, compressed and tubby; and every time I've seen an A/B demo with Acoustimass next to some good speakers (even comparably priced), the customers agree.

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