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try saturdayaudio.com as an authorized monitor audio dealer and closeout seller they are probably your best bet.

if a local shop sells both, go listen to them side by side. an a-b comparison with your own ears will tell you more than anything anyone here has to say. i bought psbs from saturdayaudio a few years ago and auditioned the monitor bronze series there (the psb's were a great deal at the time)...

There is no "best" way to tune them. you aren't tuning anyway. you can play with the controls until you find something that either sounds good to you or at least you find you can't get it to sound any better. if you can't get them to sound good, replace them.

You need to listen to them. It would be like listing 8 pizzas, 7 from one place with different topping and crust combos and one from pizza hut with pepperoni. We're all going to have our favorites and it will be entirely personal as it is dependent upon our individual tastes. I'm sure I could...

i looked for these yesterday but missed them somehow. athena closeouts 5.0 for $180 - 2 pair of these @ $60/pair and this center @$60/ea so add your $99 dayton sub and you've got a little left to apply to shipping and cables. good luck

the short answer is no. you can get a decent set of speakers 5.0, but with a sub, you're going to have to exceed that budget. this is about the best I can come up with: two pairs of these energy speakers @$85/pair this energy center @$70one of the dayton subs starting at $99 that's going to...

ebay is a good option just look for a seller with over 100 and positive feedback. as for the 5.1 vs 6.1, even if it was different in a noticeable way, you should focus on getting the best you can out of your 5.1 before you start adding the extra speaker.

the martinlogan stuff definitely deserves a listen and a place on the list, but you should have a list. listen to as many speakers as you can at, above and below your price point. this will give you a basis for comparison. ultimately, whatever you buy will sound different in your home than it...

i have to mention my little dynamo again. the 10" dynamo and it's larger sibling, the abyss (12") are sealed subs from martin logan. they are currently being replaced by new models and so can be found on sale at audioadvisor and saturdayaudio. i have not listened to the internet direct subs...

i could be wrong, but i think david is looking for a replacement sub, not to fix the old one or replace the driver. if i understand correctly, the system is the athena micra 6 system, and the m225 is the sub that comes with it. so to find a replacement sub for this for $300 or less... if you...

NAD 720 BEE receiver $400 - can run two sets of speakers and has sub out, you won't find another 2-channel receiver close to this price and quality with this feature. there is no bass management but you can calibrate it yourself with a little time and effort. if you don't listen to the radio...

i like your logic on the boston speakers and the driver size. it worries me that you can't find any specs on the freq response of those boston speakers. the onkyo at least spec reasonably. so based on that alone i'd go for the onkyo if i had to buy one of the two without listening to them...

when you say system, what are you looking for besides speakers? do you need a receiver/ amp, cd, tuner, etc.? this will affect what to budget for each part. what are your priorities when it comes to sound - detail, bass, volume? what's the room like where this system will live? how big is...

there are so many to choose from. in addition to the ones above, add PSB, monitor audio, klipsch, deftech, aperion, av123, energy, paradigm, epos, era, polk, kef, mirage, nht and the list goes on and on... what you should do if you can is go listen to as many speakers as you can in a...

for this level of gear in this space, i wouldn't bother with the extra amp. you might hear a difference but it likely would not be significant unless you are listening very loud and buy a pricey amp. for that kind of money you'd do better to simply replace the speakers with something better, or...

am i to understand that the room is a 40 foot by 40 foot square? if so, that room is huge and, not at all what your speaker system was intended to fill. it was intended for a small office, bedroom, studio or dorm setup, likely with a pc. a room that size would be hard to fill with loud...

I just lost most of this post with more specific links, but here's the gist: if you want a cheaper, for now system to upgrade over time, you can get a 5.0 set up with athena or energy speakers from audio advisor for as little as $180 (2 pr ls50's + matching center). then either wait for the...

i can't compare the internet direct subs to the klipsch because i haven't listened to them. but i have listened to a few klipsch subs and the better ones were just overpriced for their sound and the worse ones were unlistenable. of course this is all subjective. also you generally don't have...

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great thread. a few thoughts. on the DBT if one really wants to do this, i'd recommend running it like double elimination bracket tournament. that way you never have to compare directly beyond A/B, you get to compare all products and have some verification that your results are either...

what are you pluggin the speakers into?

csw model 6's, about $112 shipped

where'd you come up with that figure? the 10khz? if online, can you post a link?

speaker budget?

i have one problem with the energy take classic set - they don't get close to 100hz meaning you have a gap between sat and sub or crossover too high. i like the athena ls50's @$60/pr and lsc50 @$60/ea for 5 speakers for $180 total. good luck

not that this isn't a very nice thread with lots of relevant info that still applies for many researching similar options, but this thread is over 2 years old...

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you want typical bookshelf speakers for main l/r speakers most likely. these will probably be 2-way (1 woofer, 1 tweeter) bass reflex speakers (ported). something like this. but you may try a sealed design (i often prefer sealed speakers) like this. for the center you will probably be...

ok a few ideas: 1- don't bother with towers at all in this price range. get a new set of fronts, mains and center. you'll run into sound problems if your center doesn't match your mains. you can afford a decent set of front 3 speakers in your $300-400 budget. i'd consider psb alpha b1/c1...

Most phono preamps have a "rumble filter" and special equalization for how records were/are recorded. Here's a little explanation of your problem: "Frequencies below 20Hz are usually not able to be reproduced, and with the exception of synthesisers and pipe organs, are not a wanted part of...