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What speakers would work best with a Harmon Kardon AVR-325 receiver?

What does "warm speakers" and cool speakers" mean? Is it refering to tonal quality? what about a "horn speaker"? what is that refering to? Do some receivers work better with some speakers? I've heard some are better for music, and some are better for movies. There are a few brands in...

Quote: These things are so subjective.I think with the right receiver and the right accoustics in a room things can sound entirely different. I have a Harman Kardon avr 325. Any particular speakers come to mind to go with a HK receiver?

Topic says it all. I need a center, left, right, and 4 surround speakers. Its a tight budget - I really want to keep it under $500 (I have 2 vacations I have to save $ for this year). Any suggestions?

wow quick responses. I didn't realize that was how CRT worked. thanks

I have Sennheiser - best $100 I've ever spent.

PhilBoy- 16:9 or 4:3? I've heard the rule of thumb for seating distanve of a 16:9 image is the width. i.e. if you have a 70" diaganol 16:9 image, its width is 61" - so you wouldn't want to be any close than 61" (or 5'). This is just a rule of thumb on the minimum distance. I have a 74" wide...

Chris- why do you keep referring to "digital projectors" in contrast to "CRT projectors"? Aren't CRT projectors digital? I thought "non-digital" projector implies that it is film based. Like a 35mm projector at your local theater would certainly not be a digital projector - it creates the image...

In actual movie theaters, SDDS (Sony Digital Dynamic Sound) claims they have 8 channel surround sound. It is: Far left left center right Far right surround right surround left subwoofer Yes, SDDS counts the sub as an entire channel, so they can call it 8 channel, instead of 7.1 In...

Is anything on top of the receiver?

matthew, just a thought... you may have actually left them off -- I've found that if the power in my house shuts off for a second or so and then comes back on, my receiver will turn on - even if it was off.

I had the same problem when I got a my X1 projector. I got a ground loop isolator off ebay check here

^ is that speaker stand made just for those B&Ws? it looks very nice

Whenever I have someone over at my place that tries to tell me that Bose is the best, I show them this: http://www.thx.com/mod/products/productFind.html see a Bose product with THX certification? didn't think so that's just the easiest way to prove that Bose is no where close to "high-end"