CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS S300 FULL
CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS S300 SERIES

We are very well pleased with the sound of this system. To be sure the P1000 subwoofer takes over below 80 Hz to provide the foundational bass for all circumstances. Clean, full-bodied, realistic mid to upper ranges of music and film audio are their characteristic and delightful quality. If I had it to do again, I might have added additional damping material to the studs and sheet rock, but the audible gains, if any, may have been minimal.ДЄs it is, serving as audio for both music and video, the CSW MC300IW's have not disappointed us in any way. We installed ceiling to floor fibreglas insulation batting between the wall studs where the three MC300IW's were to be mounted. The Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi DVD player connects to a Hitachi 60V500A LCD rear projector high definition television. We drive the three front and surround speakers with a Pioneer Elite VSX-39TX AV receiver combined with its companion M-10X amp for the two rear surrounds.

They are combined with four CSW Newton S300's for surrounds and rear surrounds along with a CSW Newton P1000 subwoofer (I keep considering the addition of another P1000 for even coverage of the bass throughout the listening area). We installed three of the MC300IW's as right, center, left main speakers in our 13' x 26' room. Apologies, but there was no listing for this speaker in the in-wall category, so the review appears here with the MC300 rather than in its proper place.

CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS S300 SERIES

This review is for the Cambridge SoundWorks Newton Series MC300IW in-wall loudspeaker. Cambridge tries to reproduce sound evenly it seems to me, and not brighten the higher octaves like some tweeters seem to do. However, if you like bright speakers (like a good friend of mine does) rather than well balanced ones, perhaps you should look at a competitor. Used as a Center Channel, again that Mid does a great job on movies and dialogue.

CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS S300 FULL

Not too bright, definately full across the whole spectrum above where the separate woofer or sub comes in. What you gain though is an efficient and very full midrange and tweeter. One, they need the separate woofer and Cambridge will tell you to look elsewhere if you want bass without a sub (namely at their bookshelfs speakers w/ 5 1/4' woofers built in or their MC400s). After that, I really started testing them against other speakers including Energy, Bose, AR, etc.

They were pretty dim and muted and opened up gradually over that time and with some louder listening.

First off, it took at least 2 weeks of regular use to warm the speakers up. The problem is I have tried about 10 times to complete the set up but 2 glitches have occurred: the auto set up says that some of my speakers are out of phase and my #2 subwoofer is set too low.Bought my MC300s a long time ago along with a powered 8' downward firing Cambridge woof (won't call it a sub though at 275w you CAN feel it). The Denon AVR X4000 will be driving Wharfedale Jade 3 speakers up front, Cambridge soundworks S300 DiPole/Bipole as side surrounds, Cambridge soundworks MC300 as center and surround back and an ELAC S12 EQ Debut subwoofer. I just switched the speakers in my rooms and I decided to try and use Denon Audyssey to get the best sound.

Cambridge soundworks s300