Boston Acoustics CS26B Single 2-way black Classic series bookshelf speaker

To be reckoned with

It's easy to lose track of the details when thinking about home theater audio. You want a strong center-channel speaker for movie dialogue and music vocals. You want assertive front-channel floorstanders for killer sound effects. And, of course, you want a beefy subwoofer for a thundering theater effect that you can both hear and feel. But the true home theater listening experience requires surround sound, and for that you need rear-channel bookshelf speakers, too. True, they may not be responsible for the in-your-face effects of the front floorstanders, the crisp vocals of the center-channel, or the rumblings of the subwoofer, but they handle something equally as important. Imagine you're watching a spooky horror flick or a spine-tingling thriller . . . thanks to the bookshelf speakers, you hear that thing that goes bump behind you, that creaky door opening off-screen, that ghoulish voice whispering from nowhere. Pop in an action movie and you feel like you're in the midst of the turmoil — mortars detonate beside you, shrapnel whiz past your head, a low-flying aircraft suddenly roars up behind you. Combining a single 1.0" tweeter and single 6.5" woofer, the CS26 bookshelf speaker from Boston Acoustics completes your home theater listening experience with audio to be reckoned with. Pair two of them up for powerful rear-channel audio or full, dynamic stereo listening.

Of drivers and ports

While a variety of design considerations are essential to producing a loudspeaker capable of delivering powerful yet clear audio, two stand out above the rest: a speaker's drivers and its cabinet. First, while the CS26 employs a 1.0" Kortec soft-dome tweeter to serve up crystalline high-frequency audio, it turns to a single 6.5" graphite-injected polymer woofer with Deep Channel Design technology to reproduce full bass and mid-range audio. Second, enhancing the reproduction of controlled, efficient bass audio, the CS26 sports a bass-reflex cabinet design. By freeing the movement of air behind the speaker's drivers, the acoustically tuned bass-reflex port not only allows for greater speaker efficiency but also achieves improved bass extension and performance.

MagnaGuard

All of the components in your home theater system use electricity. They use it for power and for audio and video signal transmission. Accordingly, they all emit some amount of electromagnetic radiation. Because speakers operate using large magnets and require large amounts of power to reproduce sound, their output of electromagnetic energy can potentially interfere with the signals being used by other components. Ensuring seamless integration in to your home A/V system, the folks at Boston Acoustics have designed the CS26 with MagnaGuard magnetic shielding, protecting other A/V components from electromagnetic interference.

Going for gold

Ensuring high-conductivity and low-corrosivity for high-performance, enduring audio reproduction, the Boston Acoustics CS26 speaker uses gold-plating on its five-way binding-post inputs.

The finishing touches — cables

Go one step further in your quest to reach the pinnacle of home audio. A high-performance floorstanding speaker like the CS26 can only help your home audio system reach its full potential if it is receiving a quality, high-integrity audio signal. Audio cables — chosen specifically for the needs of your system — deliver the ability to maximize your CS26's potential. View the accessories list attached to the CS26 at Vanns.com or call a Vann's customer service representative at the 800 number at the top of this page for assistance in selecting the right set of cables.