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Re: Please recommend some floor standing speakers
$200 for a used pair of quality floor standing speakers still in good condition would probably be extremely hard to come by, if at all possible. Someone would have to be running some sort of firesale for that to happen.
At those prices, you're probably better off not limiting yourself to floor standing units.
Having said that, maybe you can somehow find one of a number of old models (w/ original prices in the $1K-1.5K region) from Vandersteen, NHT, Definitive Technology, etc. that meets your criteria in the used market, if you're lucky enough.
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Re: Please recommend some floor standing speakers
What do you use this setup for? Movies and music, or just music? Your post mentioned listening to music.
If you use it for home theater / movies, and you're going to replace the left and right fronts, you really need to replace your center channel as well. If your center isn't timbre matched with the left/right mains, you're going to hear a very obvious difference in sound when panning across the front soundfield.
Cnet suggests the Fluance AV-HTB 5-speaker system, which includes a set of 5 timbre-matched speakers in your price range.
Fluance AV-HTB 5 Speaker system Surround Speaker System reviews - CNET Reviews
For slightly more ($299) you could go up one level to their SXHTB line:
Fluance SXHTB+ 5 Speaker Surround Sound Home Theater System
These got good reviews a few years ago but they're only one or two of the many options available. Just make sure you replace the center channel speaker too.
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Re: Please recommend some floor standing speakers
Getting the complete Fluance package might be better over-all because even though you have been given some decent quality tower speaker suggestions they will probably be a poor match for the Onkyo center channel. If you were going to get towers only I would suggest you get a matching center as well. The Polk R50's and a Polk CSi25, which can be found for around $75 on occasion, might be your best bet.
IMO, the Athena's are a better speaker than the R50's or Fluance but the center is getting hard to find. But anything mentioned here should be better than what you have now.
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