Hi All, Looking for some advice. I can get a slightly used discounted pair of Monitor 11 v2's, or a pair of new Monitor 7 v3's (there is only a $100 price diff). I have listened to both, but unfortunately in different places w/ different recievers, so it is hard for me to know which truly...
OK, Here is what I have come up with. After visting every quality audio store I can find in my area, and listening to various speakers from infinity, B&W, Paradigm, JMLabs, NHT, and a couple of others, the sound I liked best was that of B&W and Paradigm. I am going to listen to some energy's...
"The 525 replaced the 520. It is basically the same unit that was upgraded with the latest surround processing (DTS, DTS-ES, Dolby EX, etc.)" Do you know what the specific differences are....they both have DTS, DTS-ES, Neo:6 and such.........I dont know about Dolby EX....are those the only...
Thanks again for all of your help. I went to a local hifi store today and listened to some speakers and receivers. First, the speakers. Overall, I liked paradigms the best....though I can't decide exactly what to get. I looked at a CC-370 center with a number of different fronts. I tried...
Jeremy, All your help (as well as all the other posts) is greatly appreciated....no offense taken. I just want to end up with some good equipment that will last a while. As far as recievers....I am looking into Yamaha. What about the Kenwood VR-6070? Seems to be a nice receiver at around...
Hi All, I am, admittedly, new to the audiophile universe. I currently have what would be considered a pretty crappy out of the box home theatre setup (Phillips FR975 Receiver...which is satisfactory, and some Phillips speakers w/ subwoofer that sound OK for movies but not great by any means.)...