Help me choose between these Speakers (1 Viewer)

[Shaq Hoque]

I have a HK AVR 135. I need to pick up some decent speakers. Nothing too fancy or expensive. I don't get to watch much tv anyways since I work 40hrs plus. Just something to get started for now for a halfway decent surround sound.

I work at Future Shop (sister store to Best Buy) and we have 2 floor standing packages that intrigue me. I can get staff discount so I will buy from there.

Quest QTheatreII 5.1 or Quest 6.1 Mystique

Since I'm new I can't post URLs to the futureshop website.

Thank you.

 

[Stephen Hopkins]

Since you're in Canada you may want to find a Paradigm dealer and check out the Performance series. Good full size bookshelf speakers would offer much better performance than equivalently priced slim/low profile floorstanding speakers. Paradigm performance speakers (Titans and/or Atoms), matching center, and a sub like the Dayton 10" or 12" from www.partsexpress.com would most likely offer much better performance.

 

[JeffLab]

If you work at Futureshop, and get a discount, I think the Athena line of speakers is a much better value for the money.

 

[PaulT]

I would agree with that comment.

Shaq - the best thing would be to see if you can take some open box pairs of the speakers you are interested in home to listen to.

 

[Stephen Hopkins]

I missed the part about working at Futureshop. The Athenas would be a very good choice, especially w/ any discount you might have.

 

[Andrew Pratt]

Agreed...avoid quest at all cost. Athena's are much better or try the PSB's that futureshop carries. You might also want to look at www.fluance.com for some decent budget speakers. They're a Canadain company with a decent reputation and their speakers sound better then the price would have you believe.