dbinbama
Auditioning
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- Jan 8, 2011
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- David
Hello, I just discovered this site and forum (and think it's great!).
I hope I'm not duplicating what someone else has already covered, but I'm trying to take what has been a
complete, stand-alone Bose Lifestyle 5 system (with five cube speakers) and create a home theater system
while still using the five cubes that are part of it. We'd like to use the existing cubes because they are
ceiling mounted, work well in the room they are in and are white, matching colors in the room.
I understand from other posts I've read that simply connecting a new receiver straight to the cubes is NOT
a good idea, and that the Acoustimass module plays a big role in crossover configuration (not to mention the
fact that the cubes all connect into the Acoustimass module and aren't intended to go straight to a receiver,
anyway).
We have a new Yamaha HTR-5063 receiver, waiting to be taken out of the box. Is there a bass/sub that would
be compatible with our existing cubes and that would work with our Yamaha? That would be ideal, but I
am not sure how feasible this will be.
I know there are some complete speaker systems available we could connect to our Yamaha, but the big
question is whether any of them include similarly sized satellites we could hang from the ceiling like our Bose
cubes, as well as hopefully matching the room's white colors. I'm not sure how easy that would be, either.
We're not married to staying with Bose, but are just limited in what we can spend. If we could come up
with a suitable bass module, we'd be out a lot less money than if buying a full speaker system.
Any "here's-what-you-should-do" advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
David
I hope I'm not duplicating what someone else has already covered, but I'm trying to take what has been a
complete, stand-alone Bose Lifestyle 5 system (with five cube speakers) and create a home theater system
while still using the five cubes that are part of it. We'd like to use the existing cubes because they are
ceiling mounted, work well in the room they are in and are white, matching colors in the room.
I understand from other posts I've read that simply connecting a new receiver straight to the cubes is NOT
a good idea, and that the Acoustimass module plays a big role in crossover configuration (not to mention the
fact that the cubes all connect into the Acoustimass module and aren't intended to go straight to a receiver,
anyway).
We have a new Yamaha HTR-5063 receiver, waiting to be taken out of the box. Is there a bass/sub that would
be compatible with our existing cubes and that would work with our Yamaha? That would be ideal, but I
am not sure how feasible this will be.
I know there are some complete speaker systems available we could connect to our Yamaha, but the big
question is whether any of them include similarly sized satellites we could hang from the ceiling like our Bose
cubes, as well as hopefully matching the room's white colors. I'm not sure how easy that would be, either.
We're not married to staying with Bose, but are just limited in what we can spend. If we could come up
with a suitable bass module, we'd be out a lot less money than if buying a full speaker system.
Any "here's-what-you-should-do" advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
David