RogerWilco
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- Roger Wilco
In an effort to reduce clutter, I decided to change around my home theater setup a bit. I picked up a set of Energy Micro RC 5.0 satellites (not the 5.1, no subwoofer with this set) and paired them up with an older 8" Onkyo sub and Harmon Kardon receiver. These are tiny little cubes, amongst the smallest I've ever seen. My prior setup was a set of considerably heavier Athena WS series speakers (WS-100 front, WS-15 rear, WS-60 center). with the same sub and receiver. The fronts and center channel are these longish speakers with solid aluminum housings, with many drivers, and I remember paying quite a bit for them several years ago. I am listening to them back to back and the new setup with the lighter, smaller impossibly small little cubes sound BETTER. I'm listening to a Sting Live in Berlin concert on blu-ray (DTS Master 5.1) How is this possible? Or am I fooling myself? Or perhaps my relatively weak receiver wasn't driving the Athenas to their full potential? thanks in advance!