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Harman Kardon HKTS-18 High-Performance, 6-Piece Home Theater Speaker System (Black Gloss) |  | Brand: Harman Kardon
Category: CE
List Price: $899.00
Buy New: $799.00
as of 9/2/2010 03:43 PDT details
You Save: $100.00 (11%)
Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 25388
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 62
Dimensions (in): 28 x 19.2 x 19.2
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: HKTS 18
Model: HKTS 18
UPC: 028292504259
EAN: 0028292504259
ASIN: B000K7ZWVK
Release Date: December 29, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| | 200W amplifier power (RMS) | | | 10" woofer, bass-reflex enclosure | | | 8 ohm nominal impedence | | | 3/4" dome, video-shielded tweeter | | | Dual 3" drivers, video-shielded |
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Product Description
The Harman Kardon HKTS 18 is a beautiful black lacquer speaker system with a powerful 200 watt 10" subwoofer. It is a 5.1 speaker system which can be expanded to 7.1 with the optional HKS-9 satellite speakers. It has a 3/4" tweeter for excellent high frequency response. It is magnetically shielded so it can be put next to your TV. It comes with all the speaker cables and shelf stand and wall mount brackets for the satellites.
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 Fanatastic Speaker Set May 30, 2010
Adam Turney (Las Vegas, NV USA)
For the price you pay this speaker set is phenomenal and beautiful. The speakers are constructed well and feel nice and heavy. They are not made from cheaper wood like some other brands. They are sharp in their sound reproduction and the subwoofer puts out massive bass. I have these setup in my living room (probably about 14x18) and the movie experience is fantastic. I can crank up my receiver to incredibly loud levels and never hear an ounce of distortion. However, if it is too loud you will need to turn down the sub because it will rattle the walls so much. The only complaint is the awkward and difficult speaker mounts that take some work. Having two people can make the job much easier. Overall these speakers will impress anyone and the price can't be beat.
 POOR QUALITY AND SERVICE May 12, 2010
James B. Sedan (Aurora, Co United States)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased these speakers and sub woofer in July of 2008. I only used them for watching movies usually. When I purchased them the warranty stated that they were covered for 5 years. THIS IS MISLEADING. Only the speakers are covered for that long. The Sub woofer stopped working and I took it to a service center. After it was there for 6 weeks and three orders of parts. I was imformed that the electronics are not covered after a year. They wanted 384.00 to repair it. Which is about 40 less than I paid for the whole system. So much for paying more for quailty. I had some K-mart speakers and a powered sup woofer for 6 years and they never stopped working. I would suggest not buying any speakers from this company. They sell Harman Kardon, JBL, and Infinity speakers. The service center just informed me that the warranty use to be two years for electronics on Harman Kardon speakers. They changed it to a year. I guess they were finding that their speakers electronics wouldn't last that long. (Poor Quaility).
 Nice little speaker set but way over rated. May 11, 2010
Geezer (Upstate NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the Harman Kardon HKTS-18 surround system to replace the Bose Acoustimass set I had previously. I am completely baffled on how Bose continues to sell as many speakers as they do with the way they perform sonically. Probably has something with the fact that there are so many of them in Costco and Sam's Clubs now and that unexplainable mystique about Bose. Anyway.. I bought the Harman Kardon HKTS-18s because of all the high praise reviews I saw on them and while I am impressed with the build quality and their cool look, the glitter fades quickly when put to task on music. I guess I really bought in to the hype that little 3 1/2 inch drivers could deliver quality audio. Quite simply, they don't. I gave them six months and have now relegated them to our bedroom armoire stereo. Deciding to not buy speakers by reviews any longer, I ventured out to audition speakers in person at various audio stores to build a good system I could watch and listen to movies by in a 5.1 or 7.1 configuration as well as enjoy music to and still not break the bank. I finally decided on Polk Audio and have since acquired a pair of Polk floorstanding fronts, center, surrounds, and rears, along with a Velodyne DLS3750R subwoofer to complete the new 7.1 system we now enjoy. All I can say is WOW. What a difference. After comparison there is none between the Harman Kardon sub and the Velodyne. And the small HKTS speakers can't hold a candle to the Polks. If you're looking for asthetics in a nice little speaker set and good music reproduction is not too important, The HKTS-18 system will do an adequate job with surround sound in a small room (repeat..small room), but I can't recommend them for an all purpose movie surround system as well as a quality set for full range music reproduction.
HKTS 18 Nice Construction Poor Center Channel May 2, 2010
Edward Hermann
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The HKTS 18 is a beautiful shinny black speaker system all nicely matching. Each piece is heavy for its size and can deliver quite a sound. However, the Center Speaker is small, and though its sound quality might be deemed amazing compared to its size, the overall experience of owning it leaves me with the feeling that I'm lacking depth of sound. In my opinion, if you wish to buy this system, consider replacing the Center channel with a larger unit that could draw you into the orchestra. The satellites and subwoofer are good.
These are Awesome February 8, 2010
A. Comfort (Seattle, WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love these speakers. I do not have the ability to describe speakers that are "crisp" or "warm". I don't even know what that means. The high ends are good. Not the best. But they are good, still adjusting my receiver, so it may not be the speakers fault. But vocals in movies sound clear and not garbled. Music souns great. And these make a wonderful surround set. The subwoofer has a great amount of kick. I am very pleased with it. It can do way more then I need, if I need to remove the pictures from my walls in the other room, I can turn it up some more. :) After adjusting the low end output from my receiver and the volume on the pack of the sub, it makes the experience very realistic. I got these on sale, and if I had the money, I can see spending more on them.
As for the accessories. The wall mounting brackets are better than I was imagining. They hold them well and set them off the wall just enough to not cause any rattling. The set also comes with wire to run, lots of wire to run. It is 18gauge, maybe 16, so not the best but it works great. I really like the design of the speakers too, with a wrap-around grill and glossy finish on the ends and on the sub. I am proud to have them in my living room, not just for the beautiful noise they make, but also for how they look hanging so nicely on the walls. Something Harman Kardon does well.
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