I took advantage of their 45 day trial policy, set them up at home, and now I've got some truly high-end sounding speakers for bargain basement money. Unfortunately, the setup at the CSW store I went to didn't do these speakers justice: they had them mounted to the wall, and I really think these speakers should be on stands to sound their best. I'd highly recommend these speakers to anyone in the market for small, satellite-type speakers. Because of their small size, I can have them about 8' from the front wall of my living room (which is about 12' wide by 24' deep) and they completely fill the room with sound. Probably the highest praise I can give the Newtons is that I'm now selling off my surround equipment. No preamp, no EQ, no $200 interconnects, and I've got what I'm pretty sure is a VERY accurate reproduction of what was actually recorded. The encouraging thing is, the simpler the set up, the more these speakers shine! Right now I've got a line out from my DVD player to the Newton P500 sub crossover (which BTW is another fantastic unit), high-pass out to a Denon amp, and some decent speaker wire to MC200's.
The MC200's small enclosure size is surprising considering its 4-inch bass driver reaches down to below 80Hz.
A compact two-way satellite main speaker, the Cambridge SoundWorks' MC200 is designed for easy placement, elegant appearance, and superb fidelity. I've had the speakers for a little over a month now, and I've set them up all sorts of different ways. The compact, entry level MC200 has a 4 driver and a 1 reinforced silk dome tweeter. Where to start? I've finally found a pair of affordable speakers that let you hear what you're supposed to hear: everything that's on the CD!! No details lost, no "warmth" added.
NO REMOTE CONTROL review summary from 2003 - You can Google it, and read the full review:"Whether you listen to. Auxiliary input to stream music from your phone with a mini audio connector. I set all my speakers to small and crossover to 150 because the largest driver is only 3 inches. Fully functional and sounds great! Dual alarm clock. Which brings us to a fine example of the breed, Cambridge SoundWorks newest Newton ensemble, the Theater MC100.2. My speakers are Cambridge soundworks MC300, MC200, and S200 with a Klipsch KSW10 subwoofer my room is 12x15 and Im roughly about 7 feet away from the main speakers 4 feet from the surround speakers.