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Old 10-02-2006, 01:24 PM   #1 of 11
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looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


I am looking at a set of small speakers....

I was looking at the energy take 5's, athena has a set thats similar as well....

any others I should take a look at?



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Old 10-02-2006, 01:49 PM   #2 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


Hi Steve,
Add PSB's Image B25 (or the slightly smaller B15) monitors to your audition list.

(more information)

They're similar to my Image surrounds. For a recent celebration, I wanted to bring in a pair of speakers to play a retirement dvd for a large room. At first I was going to bring in towers, then I had a eureka moment to bring in my PSB Images which I use as surrounds (they're bookshelf style speakers and can be used as mains). I'm happy to report that they performed admirably.



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Old 10-02-2006, 04:51 PM   #3 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


yeah I have psb's in my theater...but I want really small speakers in my rec/room.

the dealer here gave up psb for sinclair audio....doh! do psb still make the little alpha speakers that came in a 5 pack? can't remember the model off hand but they were very small.....



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Old 10-02-2006, 08:41 PM   #4 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


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yeah I have psb's in my theater...but I want really small speakers in my rec/room.

http://www.bose.com/controller?event...surround_index



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Old 10-02-2006, 09:25 PM   #5 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


Infinity's teensy SAT-450, $79 apiece. I've heard these at Circuit City & thought they sounded good (btw, all Infinity gear there is closeout merchandise since KEF and Boston Acoustics are being brought in).

I noramlly would link to directly to Infinity's site, but it's been down for more than a day now - maybe they are redoing it since it has been the same for several years (and the Beta and I think Primus lines are also going to be replaced so they need new pages for those anyway).

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Old 10-03-2006, 06:37 AM   #6 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


I will never buy bose, they are overhyped garbage. the infinity looks like something I would go for. I will have a look at them next time I goto the city.



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Old 10-03-2006, 10:06 AM   #7 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


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I will never buy bose, they are overhyped garbage.

I was just joking!! Good luck in your search!!



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Old 10-03-2006, 05:35 PM   #8 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


ha ha...hope so.

I think im going with the energy act6 system or the athena system....



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Old 10-04-2006, 05:00 PM   #9 of 11
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Re: looking for small good sounding speakers for my recroom


Picked up the athena micra 6 system for half price here..300 bucks cdn..not a bad deal..these are supposedly very nice sounding mini speakers.



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