Auditioning speakers Friday! $2000-$2500 to spend! What do you recommend! (1 Viewer)

[KevinGS]

Kelly, check out AXIOM
They are great speakers, I have auditioned the Epic 80 system (which is their top of the line) and it sounds excellent! I will be purchasing this setup very soon.
I know you won't be able to audition them, but if you check out their site and read the reviews, I know you'll be impressed http://www.axiomaudio.com. They have a 30 day money back guarantee, no questions asked.
The Epic 80 system costs US$2390 (including shipping)but you could get it without the sub for less.
check out the review @ http://www.hometheatersound.com
Have fun with your search
Kevin

 

[Sam R. Aucoin]

Although no one seems to appreciate this speaker manufacturer on this forum, I have the M&K750THXSelect system WITH the THXSelect sub, and I got it for just under $2,500 (retails for $2,670).

M&K is used at many professional sound-mixing facilities, and I believe one of the administrators has a brother who can vouch for the 750 system as I can - excellent, and probably unbeatable for the price.

I suppose M&K is not mentioned as much because very few retailers sell them. But I listened to quite a few speaker systems before ultimately purchasing the 750 system, and none could touch it.

 

[BryanW]

love my energy speakers worth checking out but hard to find

 

[Jimmy P]

Mirage speakers,its what Steven Spielberg uses in his home
www.miragespeakers.com

 

[Bob_M]

Hi Kelly,
I would go with the small Stereo shop but since you going the Interenet route with SVS take a look at speaker selection from ACI. They really have good stuff.
http://www.audioc.com/speakers/speakers.htm

 

[DavidMich]

I'll agree with Sam on this one: M & K!!!!
They are VERY tough to beat in a home theater environment....at ANY price.
If you go to Link Removed you can see that there are in fact, many, many, mixing studios that swear by them. (As Sam said above)
Here are a couple that you just may recognize:
(I find it very interesting that BOTH Dolby and DTS use them! Seems like it's the only thing they agree on!!)
Austin Power & Light
Avi Kipper
The Bakery
Beijing Film Academy - China
Ben Shultz
Berke Sound
Blowtorch Flats - Basil Pouledoris, Tim Boyle
Bob Badami
Brian Wilson - IL
Broadcast Video - NY
Broadway Video - NY
Buena Vista Sound
California Video Center
Casablanca Film & Video - Toronto
Chace Productions
Ed Cherney
Chicago Audio Works
Chicago Recording Company
Chicago Trax
Chop-'em Out - UK
Chuck Ainlay - TN
Cinram-Pop DVD Center
Complete Post
Crescent Moon - FL
Cyberella Studios
Danish Radio
David Newman
David Rietzas
David Tickle
DB Sound - Harry Witz
Digimix
Digital Audio Post
Digital Editing Company
Digital Revolution
Digital Sound & Vision- AUSTRALIA
Digital Theater Systems (DTS)
Dolby Labs- Los Angeles
Dolby Labs- New York
Dolby Labs- San Francisco
DRIVE Entertainment
Eastern Connecticut State
Electric Switch - UK
Electronic Arts - Vancouver
Enterprise DVD and POST
Entertainment Asylum
Estudios Alvarado
FCC ATSC (HDTV) COMMITTEE
Fireside Productions
Fotokem Film & Video
Gateway Mastering - Bob Ludwig- ME
Georgetown Mastering - Denny Purcell - TN
Goodnight Dallas Studio - TX
Goodnight LA Studio
Harry Harris
HBO Studio Productions - NY
HD Vision - TX
Highway One Media Entertainment - Ken Caillat
Hit Factory - NY
IVC
Jacaranda Studios
JAK Productions “The Phantom Menace”
Jerry Bruckheimer Entertainment
Kalimba Studios / Magnet Vision
Laser Pacific
Masterphonics / The Tracking Room - TN
Michael Kross
Millennium Productions - FL
Monterey Post
Motorola DSP Digital Audio Labs
Music Mill - Todd Culross - TN
NARAS
National Semiconductor
Northern Great Lakes Center - WI
Ocean Entertainment
OHenry's
Orchestrada Audio
Origin Systems - TX
Pacific Ocean Post
Paramount Studios
Pat Leonard
Paul Linford
Paul Klingberg
Paul Vitello Productions
Photomag - NY
Pioneer Video Manufacturing
POST Audio - MN
PostModern
Rain Media
Rick Dees
River Studios - NY
Robert Margouleff
Roger Nichols - FL
Saban Entertainment
SALT Productions - CO
Santa Monica College
Skip Saylor Sound
Scream Studios - Randy Alpert
Seventeen Grand Recording - TN
Skywalker Sound
Snuffy Walden
Sonic Jungle
SONY Electronics NY
SONY Music - NY
SONY Pictures Entertainment
Soundeluxe
Sound Hound - NY
SSI
The STAPLES Center
Steve Kempster
Sync Sound - NY
The Bakery
The Complex Studios
The Tape House - NY
THX Division, Lucasfilm, LTD
TODD AO West
Todd Rundgren
TR Enterprises - Trevor Rabin
Universal Studios
University of Southern California
VDI Media
VidFilm
Village Recorders
Visual Music & Sound - MN
Walt Disney Pictures and Television
Walter Afanasieff
Warner Brothers Studios - Will Kaplan
West Grand Media
John Whynot
WFAA Television
Wally World - Walter Afanasieff
Yamaguchi Studios, Ltd
YES - Tim Weidner

 

[Brian Bunge]

Since Bob mentioned ACI and you live in Toccoa my Dad might let you stop by his place in Dillard and hear his 3 ACI Emeralds that I built for him.

Brian

 

[Norm Strong]

My suggestion is to leave both your checkbook and your credit cards at home. Don't commit yourself to anything until you've had 24 hours to think about it.

 

[Jan H]

With your budget, you owe it to yourself to seek out a decent pair of used PSB Stratus Gold i's. I've seen them on Ebay, Audiogon, and elsewhere for anywhere between $1100-1400. I picked up an awesome used pair (in cherry) for $1200, then bought the matching C6i center channel (quasi-new) for $450.00 and a pair of Energy Veritas 2.0 dipole-bipole surrounds for $1000 list(have 18 months to pay 'em off from Good Guys ). For $2650, it's tough to top my set-up. Happy Hunting! JH

 

[DanaA]

You certainly have a lot of great suggestions. As for me, I would also like to vote for consideration of the Klipsch Reference series for home theater. As for a sub, I heard great things about the Hsu and, in fact, just ordered one online tonight to audition. By the way, my recommendation for Klipsch is very personal. I haven't even heard all of the other speakers, so they might well be better choices for you. The thing I do is listen to a lot of speakers in shops, but never buy until I come home to places like this to get the opinions of others to digest. Then, I go back to the shops several times, each time listening more carefully as I narrow the field. Finally, I check out internet prices and use them as a negotiating tool to get a better price. Good luck and enjoy the process. Buying new equipment for me is an exhilarating experience. I just love doing it.

 

[JoeDelan]

Well, I will throw my 2 cents in here...

for $2500 you can find some Nice speaker setups. But if you have not tried them yet, check out the NEW Polk LSI line...

You owe it to yourself to check them out and you will be surprised...

 

[Tom S]

Another vote for Definitive Technology.
I just bought:
BP2006TL (The smallest powered tower the offer)
CLR2002
BP2X (Dipole surrounds)
I got out the door, tax and all, for a tad over $2k
If you want to spend the other $500, consider upgrading the towers to BP2004TL's or the surrounds to BPX's. Each option should keep you within your budget (unlike other reccomendations).
http://www.definitivetechnology.com/BP2006TL_11HT.pdf