These are all reviews taken from the Jamo website for the D6 PTX THX Ultra Speaker System
 | D 6PTX Home Cinema Ultimate Guides, UK Nov 2004 “The basic package comprises three identical D 6LCR (left, centre, right) speakers for front effects, two D 6SUR dipole rears and one monster of a sub, the D6 SUB. Toting a 38cm driver and providing 400W of output, it’s not exactly shy: the sheer force it imparts is jaw-dropping. Dial up a potent action movie and you’ll be thrilled by the sheer weight of the biggest explosions. The balance across the front is blisteringly powerful, too, when required, but the sound doesn’t harden up with volume or dynamics – the Jamo retains the richness of tone and fullness of balance that commonly characterizes the very best THX kit, while dialogue is both wonderfully clear and tonally `full´.” Verdict: “If you want a system to deliver fabulous movie sound for a sensible price, this is a must-hear”. 5 of 5 star rating. |
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 | D 6PTX Home Cinema, UK Jun 2004 ”... – it just sounds great, whatever the movie, and more importantly, whatever your particular sonic preferences. Naturally, the bottom end is fabulous: if you like your movies served up deep and scary, the D 6SUB will readily oblige, muscling its way through the fullest low frequencies in big-bass movies such as Pearl Harbor and Apollo 13.” “The balance is terrifically weighty and engaging, yet marries that power and scale to refinement and composure, even under severe sonic duress. Just when smaller speaker systems sound as if they’re about to give away under the strain of the moment, the Jamo drops a gear and kicks on to new dynamic heights. Small details are precisely highlighted, yet the presentation never lapses into brittle, hard excess. Equally, voices have excellent character and realism, even when playing at a level that most of us would consider decidedly `neighbour-unfriendly´.” “As I hope I make clear already, I like this package a lot. Combine it with a decent receiver (no matter whether it’s THX Select, THX Ultra, THX Ultra 2 or just plain old `ordinary´) and you’ll have a fine-founding, cinematic set-up for what is, in context, a very affordable sum.” Verdict: 91% |
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 | D 6PEX Essential Hi-Fi & Home Cinema, UK Jun 2004 ”There is a consistency across the whole soundstage that only a decent THX system can generate, with no appreciable tonal shifts as Tom Cruise’s motorbike whirrs around the channels in Mission Impossible 2, while detail and precision of the centre makes sense of even the most garbled speech. The sound is big and bold and goes extremely deep with impressive results.” Verdict: 5 of 5 star rating and Best Buy. |
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 | D 6 PEX Essential Home Cinema, UK Oct 2002 ”The front soundstage is superb. Perfectly balanced, it’s impossible on sweeping cinematics to identify the point at which the sound moves from one speaker to the next. Impressive stuff, and once you’ve heard this you’ll immediately begin to spot flaws in you existing, until-now-adequate system. The dialogue speaker leaves little to the imagination; listening to it you’d almost expect to find a pair of lips under the cover mouthing each word.” “The sub is big for a reason: It houses a 15” woofer come that emits a deep, rich bass. It’s not just about delivering the impacts, though, as it also adds a subtle texture to the atmosphere created by those bipolar rears. Watch a movie with a dark, brooding soundtrack and you’ll find yourself worried like never before by the portentous, creeping rumbles coming from... where exactly? We felt like opening the case up just to make sure Jamo isn’t just selling a portal directly to the bowels of hell. Everything comes together beautifully, creating a truly convincing cinema effect.” Verdict: Best for sound |
As my current Yamaha supports 6.1 I was looking into getting another D6 LCR as a centre rear... the only problem is they are $1500 each (which is the price I paid for the whole system!)
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