Fusion Encounter EN-CM525 5.25in components

A simple component set of speakers with pressed chassis 5.25 inch diameter midrange driver and tweeter that can be mounted surface, flush or angled with the versatile set of plastic housings they arrive with. Included is the manual for all the Encounter component speakers, a Fusion car window sticker and all fixings and wires required. The crossovers can be set to attenuate or boost the high frequencies by three decibels depending upon installation and urge and they look like miniature versions of the EN-AM6004 four channel amplifier they can be sold with as part of the EN-4CNR Four Corner pack, when they will cost you 25% less than their already affordable £40 less a penny asking price.
– Power handling 50w RMS
– 2 Way Design
– Amp-look Crossovers With 12dB per Octave Butterworth Alignment
– Tweeter Level Adjustment Switch to Attenuate or Boost by 3dB
– Tweeter Dome made of PEI, With Surface, Angle & Flush Mount Kits
– High Pass Crossover Point 3.5kHz
– Low Pass Crossover Point 4.5kHz
– Efficiency: 86dB 1W/1M
– Frequency response 53Hz to 22kHz
– Includes Sticker, Mounting Template, Bolts & Fixings and Thin Speaker Wire
– Impedance: 4 Ohms
– Green Polypropylene Cones with black dust domes
– Mounting Depth 54mm
– Rubber Magnet Boot
– Silver Chromed Pressed Chassis
Review by Adam Rayner
A well made and good looking set of entry level component speakers that can produce a ridiculous amount of bass for the size of their cones. This must be to do with the relatively huge magnets behind them that are not much smaller in diameter than the cones themselves, even allowing for the big old rubbery boot placed around the ferrite. They can have their tweeters mounted, like so many can, either flush, angled or else simply surface-mounted, using the ubiquitous set of plastic housings. There is a good card template to help in making the holes in the right place, fixings and the lovely sculpted Fusion grilles as well as some wire, although this is terribly thin. I would use thicker stuff myself. I hated the midbass drivers� terminals. They are simple Gold Plated lugs but to me looked mounted the wrong way around. They had to be bent quite a lot to allow the wires to clip on as they faced the magnet, not outwards. Maybe this was a manufacturing error. Either way, it�d be simple to fix. The sound was detailed and punchy although not too refined. This is still a better output than many entry level speakers can muster and along with the other products in the EN-4CNR four corner pack they can be sold with, make for one hell of a sound for the money. In my youth I spent �55 on a simple graphic booster. For far less than the equivalent now, allowing for inflation, I could have had all this. How they manage to reduce the price by 25% and yet still include an extra set of RCAs, a set of plates for this set of speakers and a separate system diagram beats me. These are a good buy as they are, with the kit they can come as a part of , they are a bargain. The electronic components within the passives are mostly branded with Fusion�s logo and although the inductor coils are ferrite cored they are small and will saturate under high power drive before the speakers run out of steam. Good looking and good sounding for the money and a very well designed bit of Fusion branding. I liked them, even if they are bit hooligan-struck!
Overall 8.2
Sound Quality 7
Build Quality 8
Power Handling 8
Efficiency 8
Value For Money 10