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Old 03-16-09, 09:09 AM   #1
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Streem Speakers ??


I was on ebay Saturday afternoon & came across these speakers, checked seller feedback & it
came back good, so I decided to do a little more digging via Google.
I came up with the website I read all the customer reviews & COULD NOT
find one negative comment any where relating to price, quality, sound & customer service. Now, I
don't if the reviews were made up by professional review ? writers or not, but to say the least, I'm
intrigued & impressed by what I saw & read. These speakers can be 1 of 2 things, either a very
well orchestrated scam, or a very good product from a young & upcoming company; myself, I'm
choosing to belive a very good product.
I'm wondering & asking if anyone here at the forum has used these speakers or has any
additional info or comments they may want to share.
The system I've got my eyes on that I really like is the HT335.
All comments welcome & appreciated.

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Old 03-16-09, 10:26 AM   #2
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I was on ebay Saturday afternoon & came across these speakers, checked seller feedback & it
came back good, so I decided to do a little more digging via Google.
I came up with the website I read all the customer reviews & COULD NOT
find one negative comment any where relating to price, quality, sound & customer service. Now, I
don't if the reviews were made up by professional review ? writers or not, but to say the least, I'm
intrigued & impressed by what I saw & read. These speakers can be 1 of 2 things, either a very
well orchestrated scam, or a very good product from a young & upcoming company; myself, I'm
choosing to belive a very good product.
I'm wondering & asking if anyone here at the forum has used these speakers or has any
additional info or comments they may want to share.
The system I've got my eyes on that I really like is the HT335.
All comments welcome & appreciated.

Thanks,
Alfred agpintexas
Eh. Another huge line of fundamentally uninteresting designs. There are no professional reviews in the batch but that does not mean this is a scam. I am more concerned with the lack of useful specs and almost silly listing of "design features." Tread carefully.

Kal


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Old 03-16-09, 10:43 AM   #3
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I agree with Kal, people who buy thes sorts of speakers are usualy misinformed and looking for a good deal however this deal is "to good to be true" will they produce sound? I would think so, but good sound? I highly doubt.
The reviews are generally from people who have never heard a good speaker in there life and wouldn't know the difference as they are the same group of people who record all their CDs to mp3's at 128kbs and think thats just the best.


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I would pay careful attention to Kal, he has been around a long time and has seen these things come and go. I would look elsewhere. Have fun. Dennis


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Alfred,
Until your post, I'd never heard of Streem speakers. I did extensive research before buying speakers for my Home Theater. I take the dirth of information as a red flag. I suggest you stick with well known a professionally reviewed speakers, especially if you can't audition them before purchase.

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Alfred,

I'd suggest you google the term "white van speakers" It looks like Streem is one of those brands. Interesting to see it branch out onto ebay (which I don't follow), but not really surprising.

Everyone: I don't see a specific thread, sticky, or FAQ around here which discusses this issue. Could maybe some information be added to the Speaker Buying Advice sticky?

As has been said above, tread carefully.

[edit] P.S. Thinking about it, one thought that came to mind is, "Ebay does not equal Internet Direct." [/edit]


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You know, I would be really curious as to what they do sound like and the build quality. If I had the money to just throw away I would even consider buying a pair and taking them apart to see how they are built and post a review (most likely a really bad review) but it could be a fun experiment.


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Note: This is NOT speaking about Streem speakers - I have no first-hand knowledge of them. But I have personally seen a set of Dogg Digital speakers someone I knew had bought off a white van, I have been hit up a couple of times by white vans in parking lots, and some white van speakers have been taken apart by others.

In general, the enclosures were dirt cheap; either no or very simple crossovers; and very low cost drivers. It's not that they were worth nothing, but that their MSRP was totally fabricated, and then they are offered at some wildly discounted price. They will put out sound. And maybe you can talk them down to almost nothing (close to what they go for at wholesale) at which time they are an OK buy.

In any case, buying them off ebay would seem like a waste. At least if you buy them in a parking lot, you get the "white van experience" for some of your purchase price. The couple of times I've been hit up, once the speakers were "overstock" that their manager told them to get rid of, and the other time they were returns. They''ll usually have the invoice and everything backing up the price. And you can see how many times you can get them to reduce the price if you're bored.

Basically, White Van speakers are NOT an urban legend.

Enjoy, but take care.

P.S. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_van_speakers. And the list of names they're usually sold under makes for a fun read as well when they aren't obsolutly counterfiting a known name.


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Alfred,

Surprised you haven't spoken up again.

Don't be embarassed if you hadn't heard about white van speakers before. These kinds of posts are how the information gets propagated and we help each other avoid that kind of ripoff.

If you're seriously in the market to buy speakers, people around here are willing to provide all kinds of help and opinions.

If you were only trying to hype the speakers, then thanks for the opportunity to remind others who might not have known about it.

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As Kal stated, without any professional reviews and the lack of useful specs, be skeptical. A 5 piece system that is good value for the money and does have independent reviews is the Yambeka 5-speaker system.

http://www.yambekaaudio.com/products.html


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