![]() ![]() In fact, it has the same nominal amount of power as the Sony receiver. Recently, I switched to an Audiosource Amp One/A, which - at 100 watts - is still not anywhere near the Re38s' maximum power handling capacity of 400 watts. Although the speakers are insanely efficient (102 dB/W), most mainstream receivers just aren't designed for a huge pair of speakers that call for as much power as the Re38s do. I eventually destroyed one of the channels of that receiver, which was never up to the task of running these speakers. Originally, they were powered with a Sony 5.1-channel multimedia receiver. I have had a pair of these speakers for nine years. My personal rating for the "Cerwin-Vega RE-38'": However, I absolutely love my "Cerwin Vega RE-38's"! I still rock out to them in my den all the time! And would never part with them! Those bad boys seriously ROCK! If i was a shopper looking for something in the fields of what this discussion is about, I personally would jump on the chance to grab a pair of these if in good condition and for a fair price. There a much higher speaker on the totem poll. Very nicely! Obviously the "Definitives" sound better. So I guess in comparing the Cerwin Vega RE-38's to the hi tech ,high quality and high priced "Definitive Bipolar BP8060ST" series that i'm currently running, how would I personally say they hold up?. with all the technology i have now, and the massive quality (and price) jump i made here, I STILL absolutely love the old sound system, and she still is actively kept alive in the den on almost a daily basis. my new system is by far the best I've ever had or personally even heard! Absolutely phenomenal Everything from Jazz, to Rap, to Rock, to movies! Amazing highs and powerful lows! BUT!. And those would be non other then the "Definitive Technology - Bipolar BP-8060ST" tower speakers at $999.00 each, the "Definitive Technology Bipolar CS-8060HD" center channel at $699.00, and the "DEfinitive Technology SR-8040BP" surround speakers at $249.oo each. With every possible option you could imagine! Google it! Then for speakers, I decided to go with a brand I'd always wanted but up til now could never afford. So I moved the old system down to the den, and decided to upgrade everything, in a big way. It had been almost 12 years since i bought this system. With the start of 2012, i thought it was a good time to upgrade my system. With the Bose Cubes picking up that slack the Vega's had in the "highs" area, it sounded great! I ran this set up for over 10 years! I blew the glass out of the window in this room while rocking out real loud! True story! Also, these speakers come with a fuse safety system witch allows these speakers to be basically un-blowible! Any time the speaker is being pushed to the point of the speaker being put at a risk of blowing, the small little fuse mounted on the back of the box simply pops and cuts the speaker out, so to avoid damage to the speaker. I ended up replacing the Cerwin Vega center and surround speakers with the "Bose Cubes", witch sounded excellent! So now i was running the "RE 38's" as my fronts, the Cerwin Vega 15' powered sub, and "Bose Cubes" for the center and surround speakers. I personally think the "RE" series was some what of the last real solid speaker series Cerwin Vega made. I was never as pleased with the Cerwin Vega LS series. I then bought the Cerwin Vega 15' powered sub (5 15" woofers in 1 room now), and a pair of the Cerwin Vega LS series rear surround sound speakers and a LS center speaker as well. I was 100% pleased with them! They held up so well, and were so powerful, that I ended up buying a 2nd pair! thats a total of 4 Cerwin Vega RE-38's in 1 room! Oooohh loud! I will agree that the highs weren't exactly as good as i'd liked them to be, but the mids were always real solid i thought. i had been gazing at for almost a year, praying i'd be able to get them eventually! And. ![]() ![]() Then I bought a pair of "Cerwin Vega RE-38's, at $499 each. I worked all year to afford everything i wanted! I bought a "Sony ES STRG8es" for $999.00 (this was when Sony's high end stuff was still real good, unlike now) witch sounded amazing! very clear and powerful sound. I was a teenager when I bought my first high end home stereo system. I'm a huge fan of listening to music the way it's supposed to be heard! And for that reason, I've always been super particular with my sound equipment. ![]()
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