How is everyone-
just now registering on this forum after reading for about two years. a good friend is a member and urged me to gain advice on an upcoming home theater setup. i really need to decide on speakers.
back ground on my tastes, etc. i am NOT by any means an audiophile. just an enthusiast. i recently moved out of a house where my roommate had a complete B&W setup: (604 fronts, 601 surs, scr 600 cntr) with an SVS sub. this was all controlled by a Marantz sr 7300. i list all this as this is what my idea of a perfect ht sounds like. im used to it and i feel it does a great job with music as well as ht. i really will use it more watching movies than music, but spend alot of time listening to music and i like it loud as well as accurate.
i will be using the Marantz with whatever new speakers i buy. i am leaning twards an SVS if i can get one used.
now on to the main point. my budget: i am really only prepared to invest $750 in a 5 speaker setup. i need to keep it as close to $500-600 as possible as i want to keep total expenditure around $1000 if possible.
right now i am seriously considering the following setup from JBL's Northridge line: e80 fronts, ec35 cntr, e20 surrounds. this totals $580 shipped.
my friend is advising me to spend a little more for better speakers. doing some research, i am considering Mordaunt
Short (914s, etc which comes right to $1000 minus sub) and radiient's hyperion line ($700; also no sub) as well as paradigm's performance line.
i know the paradigm setup is the way to go, but it matches nothing that we (my wife and i) currently have in our living room as well as being over budget. we are adamnent about finding a beech/light maple veneer speaker. aesthetics are important to us and i have a certain look that i like (the B&Ws and JBLs) also, i much prefer a floorstander.
i really dont feel that my ear sophisticated enough to appreciate the paradigms over the JBLs and my wife is not an enthusiast at all.
any advice, comments (especially on the radiients as their pedigree shows promise) or alternate suggestions?
thanks for reading this long post, especially as it's my first.
Rick
just now registering on this forum after reading for about two years. a good friend is a member and urged me to gain advice on an upcoming home theater setup. i really need to decide on speakers.
back ground on my tastes, etc. i am NOT by any means an audiophile. just an enthusiast. i recently moved out of a house where my roommate had a complete B&W setup: (604 fronts, 601 surs, scr 600 cntr) with an SVS sub. this was all controlled by a Marantz sr 7300. i list all this as this is what my idea of a perfect ht sounds like. im used to it and i feel it does a great job with music as well as ht. i really will use it more watching movies than music, but spend alot of time listening to music and i like it loud as well as accurate.
i will be using the Marantz with whatever new speakers i buy. i am leaning twards an SVS if i can get one used.
now on to the main point. my budget: i am really only prepared to invest $750 in a 5 speaker setup. i need to keep it as close to $500-600 as possible as i want to keep total expenditure around $1000 if possible.
right now i am seriously considering the following setup from JBL's Northridge line: e80 fronts, ec35 cntr, e20 surrounds. this totals $580 shipped.
my friend is advising me to spend a little more for better speakers. doing some research, i am considering Mordaunt
Short (914s, etc which comes right to $1000 minus sub) and radiient's hyperion line ($700; also no sub) as well as paradigm's performance line.
i know the paradigm setup is the way to go, but it matches nothing that we (my wife and i) currently have in our living room as well as being over budget. we are adamnent about finding a beech/light maple veneer speaker. aesthetics are important to us and i have a certain look that i like (the B&Ws and JBLs) also, i much prefer a floorstander.
i really dont feel that my ear sophisticated enough to appreciate the paradigms over the JBLs and my wife is not an enthusiast at all.
any advice, comments (especially on the radiients as their pedigree shows promise) or alternate suggestions?
thanks for reading this long post, especially as it's my first.
Rick