Gateway KAS-303 and KAS203 same as VT-12?

[Grayson73]

Are the Gateway KAS-303 and KAS-203 the same speakers as the VT-12?

If so, the review on them are not good.

KAS-203 (http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-6740_7-30468928.html?tag=search) only got 5 out of 10 and KAS-303 (http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-6740_7-30615333.html?tag=search) only got 7 out of 10.

The KAS-203 I believe is the same speaker set without the rear center.

Any comments?

[mitro]

The problem with the Gateway system is most likely with the receiver and CD player.

Search this site for "Gateway" to see previous threads on the
issue.

--john--

[Dudley]

They are similar, but not the same, and if you read the review you will see that the reciever/ dvd player are the cause of most of the problems (as stated above)

[Grayson73]

This is what Sasha from HSU Research said:

Grayson,

Thanks for asking. Gateway used to have an earlier version of our
Ventriloquist, which CNET used during the tests. As of now, I'm not
sure if they have started to ship the same exact Ventriloquist we are
shipping.

7 out of 10? That sounds awful to me! A close read will show that
most of Steve Guttenburg’s complaints were related to the
electronics. Steve did complained that the Ventriloquist had a lower
mid-bass hole. That's the exact problem the Ventriloquist is designed
to fix, and it fixes it! The only way it would have a hole is if the
amplifier couldn't power the center channel well.

There was some priase:
"The massive iceberg avalanches rumbled and quaked with a
vengeance--we almost jumped out of our seats. The subwoofer speaks
with enough authority to fill even 400-square-foot rooms with deep,
deep bass.

”Our audition was going so well that we decided to pummel the 303
with the Extreme edition of the Terminator 2 DVD, and the little kit
took it in stride. Arnold's shenanigans and the resulting explosions
sounded like they were coming from a much larger system. In this
disc's commentary track, the voices of director James Cameron and
screenwriter William Wisher are in the left and right channels, and
the placement was a great test of the Ventriloquist's ability to
"throw" midrange to the tiny left- and right-front satellites. The
voices were far more full-bodied and natural than they are on most
wee sats."

Despite Steve’s “dings” to the electronics, I've been told that the
KAS-303 is currently Gateways biggest selling home theater system.


Sasha