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new Surround Sound System
Smilingoat
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im looking for a nice set of 5.2 or 7.1 surround sound speakers for my new 46in panasonic plasma (something something 85u) + onkyo 606 AV receiver. im only going to be spending around $350 for them which should get me decent speakers, ive found most info reletivily easy but i cant find many reviews on these theater speaker systems, Cnet only has a handful in this price range for the past several years, i dont know what other review sites would give a good unbias review.
i just want to make sure i get a good system for the money, and do not follow this kind of thing. any help or personal experience would help.
also i'd need to be able to go to circuit city or best buy to pick it up as im getting it for my new place this Saturday.
i just want to make sure i get a good system for the money, and do not follow this kind of thing. any help or personal experience would help.
also i'd need to be able to go to circuit city or best buy to pick it up as im getting it for my new place this Saturday.
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Few brand names I'd go for are Bose, or Paradigm, not sure if you can find the whole speaker sets for $350 in either of those brand names though... Polk Audio do some pretty nice speakers too (I have a polk audio set that sounds fantastic and cost me $600 Canadian, but that included a Sony Receiver, so you could probably find them fairly close to your price range)
General advise is stay away from Bose, they cost too much for what you get.
Do you have size or an asthetic requirement? Do you use any speakers now?
i'll look into polk.
yeah i knew that about bose, ive had them before (well grandparents) and i loved them, but they also cost something like $4500 when they bought them several years ago.
i will have a large living room in a year or so, and really like what ive heard of HD sound systems linked with blu-ray (which i'll be using primarily from here on out) size does not really matter so much, and so long as it sounds good i dont care very much about how it sounds.
I'm using Onkyo speakers right now. They came in a set of 5, do a damned fine job for my family room, and cost a couple hundred for the set. I bought all five at once because I didn't have any speakers (I actually got a 7.1 set but wound up ditching those extra 2 and they will someday be relegated to some other use) and wanted a full set to start from. It's just easier to get your surround sound on that way. If I were to upgrade my sound, I would first upgrade my front center because this is where most of the dialouge comes from. Its pretty fucking important. Next would be the front left and rights, and I would be sure to get a matching pair for fear of build difference.
There is alot that goes into a good speaker, and I don't know much about it. However, there is a poster on here named Rigor Mortis (who may or who may not pop in) that has given some really good speaker advice in the past. I suggest you search for his posts in the Tech forum and see what he says.
Summation: If you have speakers now and think they are pretty good, spend your money replacing them one at a time.
If you run speaker wire in the wall, it needs to be fire code compliant and CL2 rated. Even though www.monoprice.com is the goto for good cheap cables, I got my speaker wire from www.partsexpress.com for less.
Consider getting an SPL to help calibrate your speakers, and be sure to position your speakers properly. Great equipment will sound like ass if everything isn't set up right.