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 enlarge | Brand: Harman Kardon
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (5)
Avg. Customer Rating:  53 reviews
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
Release Date: December 29, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent product and service November 15, 2007
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
After receiving the speakers, I noted that one of the satellite speakers was defective. I contacted Harman Kardon by email and found the correspondence with them to be very helpful. They replaced the defective speaker after I furnished them with proof of purchase from Amazon. This whole transaction took less than two weeks. After being self-employed for over 40 years I rate their customer service one of the best. I would highly recommend Harman Kardon for both quality of product and customer service.
Great Purchase December 22, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I told myself when I purchased this system that I would write a review on it. I just received the HKTS 18 system today and have played a few things on it now. This system replaced some Sony towers and bookshelf speakers which were purchaed around 5 years ago. To set this up, I am running a Harman Kardon AVR 635 receiver that pushes around 75 watts per channel.
Positives: This system is absolutely beautiful. I had never seen these speakers in the store, but upon receiving them from UPS today, the individual surrounds are just about the perfect size and have a great weight to them, which shows quality. I am usually one who likes to take the grills off to feel the quality of the woofers and mids, but these don't come off, which I'm willing to accept. The subwoofer is a 10 inch, piano finished beauty. It looks like a piece of art in the corner. I played the Bourne Ultimatium and the sound was absoultey superb. Everything sounded absolutely realistic and I was amazed that such small speakers could produce such good sound. Outside of movies, I played some mucic from my media player. I noticed that if you place the sub woofer in a part of the room which you are not near, the blend of the bass seamlessly fills the room. It is just fantastic.
Negtives: The first thing that stood out is that the sub woofer is open faced on the bottom, meaning that it is suseptible to damage. There is no grill underneath to protect it which I found a little shocking. Though I also think the shiny piano finish on the woofer is very nice, it can be easily scratched almost like the old black ipods. As for the surrounds, I actually don't have any complaints.
Overall for the $400 to purchase, these speakers just rock over my old Sony towers. I think having a Harman receiver and matching home theater speaker set goes a long way. This is a good purchase.
 Harmon Kardon 5.1 channel speaker system January 27, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I feel it is only fair to take the time to write a review for this product since other reviews played a big part in my decision to purchase one. The HKTS-18 speaker system met all my expectations and even surpassed them on some points. The unit sounds as good as it looks, which is to say it looks of quality and has the sound to match. It was a straight forward installation and depending on how anal one is regarding snaking & fishing speaker wire, the time spent can vary (I spent the better part of a day). One point of potental difficulty is that the speakers have a bit of weight to them - quality of design - and the included wall mounts attach at only one end of the speaker. This looks good but can be a tricky support on drywall. If one is planning to wallmount these speakers, I would strongly suggest screwing directly into a stud if possible.
Missing parts June 25, 2007
9 out of 24 found this review helpful
We received the HKTS18 back on 5/10/07, as we were trying to mount the speakers to the wall we notice the brackets that were supposed to be included were not. I called Harman Kardon to get the missing brackets, they said to fax them the receipt and they would send them right out, which I did, still did not get them. I then called J&R Music, they were the actual sales store for the units on 6/12, they said they would get them and send them right out, its onw 6/25 and still no brackets!! So if you order these, check for missing parts first thing and if you don't have everything, send the entire system back, cause you can get parts! I did hook up the system, and it sounds ok, I just can't get the seperation I need without the speaker mounting brackets. Really poor service.
Harman Kardon STS Speakers January 27, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought these speakers for my dad and thought that they would be pretty good speakers since they kept getting good reviews....Once I hooked them up for him, all I thought was Oh My God....these speakers were amazing.
The clarity was crystal clear, the base was nice and clean and extremely deep. When I watch a movie, it feels like your actually part of the movie b/c of the life like clarity.
I never thought these little speakers would be as nice as my Infinity Floor standing speakers with 15" of woofer plus my JBL surrounds....but they are. So, when I buy a flat panel TV, I will definitely be purchasing a set of these for myself to replace the speakers I have....And to think, my speakers ran me about $1800 and these were purchased for $400....wow!
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