Boston Acoustics CS2310B 5.1-channel black Classic series home theater speaker system

The Classic surround sound experience

When it comes to delivering a powerful, dynamic home theater listening experience, the folks at Boston Acoustics know what they're doing. Take the CS2310, for example. This 5.1-channel surround sound speaker system combines three heavy-hitting Boston Acoustics speaker models into one high-performance package. As a part of the Boston Acoustic's Classic series, the four CS23 bookshelf speakers, single CS223C center-channel speaker, and the CSSUB10 subwoofer have a variety of advanced speaker technologies in common. First, the 1.0" tweeters featured on the CS23 and CS223C models use Boston Acoustic's Kortec soft-dome construction to deliver crisp, detailed high-frequency audio. Second, the 3.5" woofer found on the CS23 and CS223C and the 10" woofer found on the CSSUB10 feature a graphite-injected polymer construction and Deep Channel Design. The result is full, powerful, and controlled mid-range and low-frequency audio reproduction. Complete your home theater with a surround sound experience from Boston Acoustics.

It's right behind you . . . (the CS23)

Surround sound audio lets you experience all your favorite movies just as the characters do. If you're watching a spooky suspense movie, you hear the same creaky door opening behind you, the same rustle of leaves off screen. If action flicks are more to your liking, you hear bombs explode, shrapnel fly, and bullets zip by all around you. But in order to experience surround sound audio, you need a multi-channel speaker system. And to hear those eerie sounds or enveloping battlefield effects, you look to a system's rear-channel speakers. Combining a single 1.0" tweeter and single 3.5" woofer, the CS23 bookshelf speaker from Boston Acoustics serves up full, clear mid-range and high-frequency audio. Pair two of them up for powerful rear-channel audio or dynamic stereo listening.

Take the lead (with the CS223C)

It's funny: the center-channel speaker is probably the most overlooked speaker in a home audio surround sound system, and yet, it's probably the speaker you pay attention to most. That's because while front- and rear-surround speakers and the subwoofer concern themselves with reproducing surround sound effects, it's the center-channel speaker that takes responsibility for movie dialogue and music vocals. And when it comes to these two components of your home listening experience, you don't want to miss a single detail. Pairing a single 1.0" tweeter with dual 3.5" woofers, the CS223C center-channel speaker from Boston Acoustics brings dialogue and vocals into your home theater with clarity and nuance, ensuring that you hear the lead actor's every sigh or whisper, the lead singer's every vibrato. Further, the CS223C delivers a high enough level of performance to serve up some front-channel audio effects, too. Designed to take the lead in your home theater: the CS223C from Boston Acoustics.

Multi-sensory surround sound (thanks to the CSSUB10)

In our opinion, the term "surround sound" is a little misleading. Or, at least, a little narrow. You see, the term focuses your attention on what you hear. You know, the special audio effects served up by rear- and front-channel bookshelf or floorstanding speakers, the movie dialogue or music lyrics provided by the center-channel speaker. But there's a part of surround sound that you can feel, too. That's right, feel. It's no wonder the subwoofer often gets overlooked when discussing multi-channel speaker systems; after all, it's the little "0.1" in phrases like "5.1-channel" or "7.1-channel." But we're here to tell you, the subwoofer plays one of the biggest roles in a true home theater surround sound experience. In fact, most home theater speaker systems are pretty meager without a little support from the subwoofer. Imagine a squadron of tanks caravanning across the desert in your favorite action movie. Without a subwoofer, you hear a low drone of engines. With a subwoofer, however, you hear the deep roar of gears and tracks and internal combustion . . . and a rumbling that you can actually feel. Fueling its 10" graphite-injected polymer woofer with 100W of built-in power amplification, the CSSUB10 from Boston Acoustics is capable of reproducing full, wide-dispersion bass audio that can be hear and felt. Further, BassTrac circuitry virtually eliminates distortion for deep, controlled low-frequency audio.

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 all of the components in the CS2310 system 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 CS23 and CS223C speakers use gold-plating on their five-way binding-post inputs.

The finishing touches — cables

Go one step further in your quest to reach the pinnacle of home audio. High-performance floorstanding speakers like those found in the CS2310 system 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 CS2310's potential. View the accessories list attached to the CS2310 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.