Energy Connoisseur C-9 Speakers. Any good? (3 Viewers)

JohMabe · Nov 24, 2003

People in Brazil are talking so much about this pair of speakers. It's relatively cheap here ($700) and it's a full range pair with lots of bass and arguably good midrange. The Soundstage review is raving, it even compares this speaker to the marvelous B&W Nautilus 804, giving the edge to these overachievers in some aspects. Has anyone ever listened to these beauties? What's it comparable to? Will it give me tight, low bass?

Joe DC · Nov 25, 2003

Just purchased a pair of C9's for my HT. I'm currently using the CC1 center and CR3 dipole surrounds. The C9s will give you a very warm soundstage without being overly bright as compared to the 3-way C7s. They will also provide you with ample midbass than the C7s, however the C9s are set to small on my receiver, with most of the LFEs going to the subs. Hope this helps.

WayneO · Nov 25, 2003

Will it give me tight, low bass?

Not a chance IMO. I auditioned the C-9's about 6 months ago when looking for new speakers. I'm not looking to knock them, but I found the bass so poor compared to Klipsch RF-5's, Monitor Audio S8's and Paradigm Monitor 11's. I needed only about 20 seconds into a bassy dance tune to disqaulify them. I had also ran some jazz and pop before that point and they seemed "ok". Of course this is all subjective and you may feel different, just my expience, good luck choosing.

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JohMabe · Nov 25, 2003

Tight low bass is what the manufacturer and the reviewer claims. And one of my main doubts on the speaker.

zangler · Nov 25, 2003

i too auditioned them...the bass was average...but the main thing i did not like was that it seemed a bit muddier in the mids.

Jose T · Nov 25, 2003

I auditioned these a few months back and was leaning more toward the C-7s. Bass was not an isse from what heard. The matching surrounds is what runed me off as to the bulit quality. Despite that I enjoyed the sound !!

MikeKeck · Jan 25, 2004

Joe DC, I have the SAME setup as you, the C-9's in front with the c-c1 center, and c-r3's in the back, and a Klipsch RSW-15 sub, and I LOVE it. My question to you is how much power are you feeding to your speakers? I would like to get a comparison on how much i should feed them and what A/V receiver you are using. I am using a Harman/Kardon A/V now and no way am I switching brands, i'll only upgrade to a higher wattage model if needed.

Kevin C Brown · Jan 26, 2004

A review here. I've always liked Energy's myself.

http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/energy_c9.htm

Freq response plots too if you click on the "measurements" box. Pretty flat to 35 Hz or so.

MikeKeck · Jan 26, 2004

Thank you for your post. Even having skimmed that review before I purchased the speakers, I never realized the actual info it contained. That was very helpful, "a healthy 100w" is all i need..

Kevin C Brown · Jan 27, 2004

Cool. They also have a review of the C-3s there too. I had Energies for a while, and then went to Mirage. In general, I really like API stuff (Energy, Mirage, Athena).

Joel()Les · Jan 27, 2004

I heard them in a home theater set-up including a subwoofer (don't recall if that was an Energy sub or not). As a package it sounded pretty good, but I didn't get to audition it for music.

zangler · Feb 2, 2004

i too auditioned the c-9's before buying my speakers...i am in no way going for a knock fest here, but i found the mids and lows muddy...i liked the paradigm m11's better...did not buy either brand though.

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