Pioneer S-31B-LR Bookshelf Speakers (Black, Pair) Review

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(More customer reviews)I replaced my slightly larger, fairly expensive Cerwin-Vega speakers with these Pioneer S-31B bookshelf speakers. While the S-31's were smaller than the speakers they replaced, the sound certainly wasn't. The Pioneers handled highs and lows quite admirably, sampling both hard rock/heavy metal and classical music quite well. Hard Rock is good to identify the low end and tolerance for range, while classical is excellent to test subtle highs and clarity. I was impressed with these speakers. If you are looking for big sound but need a compact package, you should be quite pleased with the S-31 speakers.
My S-31's are black, and are very attractive and compact. While I could really care less what speakers look like as opposed to what they sound like, it is a plus that they look stylish in my living room. I also really like the mounting screws for the speaker wire on the backs of the speakers. The screws are large, well-machined, and secure the wire leads quite well. This may seem like an obvious point, but I have had other speakers that had much lower quality screws and it matters when one of the speaker wires in the back comes loose from poor quality construction. I like that Pioneer demonstrated quality craftsmanship all the way around with the S-31's.
Depending on the size of the room you will be using these in, you could use these as main speakers (right front, left front) in a small to medium room, or as rear surround speakers as part of a home theater system. The obvious issue is price; $350 at the time of this writing is not inexpensive, but as with most things in life, you tend to spend money on what matters to you. Some of us spend it on clothes, others on computers - it really depends on where your interests lie. If you are an audiophile, spending more for quality speakers will make sense to you. If not, you probably won't be seriously considering these speakers. If you demand high quality audio reproduction, I expect you will be quite pleased with these speakers.



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