Titan-815LX

Customer Reviews

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   Incredible speaker review by Bobby on 1/27/2025

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   The titan 815s are incredible. For the price you can get them for it's a no brainer to buy them. They easily outcompete speakers in their price bracket and several brackets above. They have a massive sound stage, excellent instrument separation and the best phantom center I've ever heard in stereo. My wife even said they sound better than our previous speakers when I was testing them before EQ. They are detailed and have that fun airy/alive sound quality to them at the same time. Their particular strengths in music are female vocals and guitars. On my AVR they can play at ear bleeding levels without breaking a sweat or even hinting at the possibility of distorting.
   
   I bought the flat packs and wave guide bracket because these are in our living room and I needed as much spousal approval factor as possible. They look professionally built and were simple to assemble. The hardest part was figuring out how I wanted the circuit boards to sit in the box to hide them, but they could easily mount behind the wave guide on the brackets (wife didn't want to see them so I did the extra work to hide them). Everything with these speakers from the packaging to the materials utilized are high quality and speaks to the dedication Erich has put into DIYSG.
   
   I wanted to give some thoughts on how these speakers sound compared to what I've had experience with in my own home. I've gone from andrew jones polk 5.1 bookshelf system to an SVS ultra 5.1 system and then upgraded my LCR to polk r700s with a 1099 center. The andrew jones are an obvious step up from a sound bar and are likely good enough for 90% of people. The SVS ultras were very detailed and critical, but lacked that movie theater quality and sounded constrained/small in my larger living room likely due to their lower sensitivity. The SVS were also the best looking speakers I've had. The polk r700s were a step up in sound quality across the board from the SVS ultras, but finicky to get good imaging with since they have mediocre horizontal dispersion characteristics due to the ring radiator style tweeter beaming effect. They seem best suited for a 2 channel listening experience in a dedicated space. The 1099 had an airiness and theater type of sound with the same amount of detail as the SVS without the constrained feeling. When listening in surround sound mode the superiority of the 1099 really shined compared to the SVS center it replaced. The 815s are in another league compared to the 1099. The same amount of detail, but the soundstage is on another level. Right now I'm in a 21ftx24ft living room with a 7.3.4 system made up of titan 815s for L/R, 1099 center, SVS ultras for surrounds and polk omw3s for atmos. The 815s have significantly improved the overall sound of my system compared to the polk r700s they replaced and which I still love. I've also listened to B&W 804 Ds in a dedicated listening room with amplifiers/CD and vinyl players more expensive than most of my current set up. It made me a firm believer in the law of diminishing returns with audio equipment. I doubt you could find a meaningfully better sound experience beyond the titans for home theater and music listening buying more expensive speakers (spend the money on room treatment/comfy couches/high quality popcorn).
   
   For me, the 815s sound best with 5-10 degrees of toe in placed 5.5 feet from center with my main listening position 10ft away from the TV.
   
   If you have the ability to physically put them in your home/theater buy them the next time they're available because you won't be disappointed.