vermont17
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- Dec 28, 2011
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- rob watson
Hello all, I have had a pair of Yamaha ns-777 tower speakers for many years. Aesthetics are important to me and are in large part why I bought the speakers. Originally I used them as the two front speakers in a 5.1 setup, but more recently I have them connected to a Yamaha stereo reciever and one by one I have watched the drivers and woofers blow. At this point they are totally unusable as one speaker only has the 1" tweeter working and the other the 5" driver... all 4 8" woofers are blown (one i must admit was due to my right foot in a moment of frustration). I have read in many user reviews when looking to replace them with the same speaker that they work wonderfully for home theater but do not handle loud stereo sound. I also admit i know nothing about home theater other than how to plug in the cords.. I thought powering two speakers which claim to be rated at 250W with a receiver that puts out 80W per channel would be fine, and that blown speakers were due to too much power but I guess not? My friend who knows more about these things said it might be because these speakers were designed for a specific sound range or something.. but I forget. Anyways my question is that although I do watch movies often and enjoy surround sound I am more interested in playing music, and playing it loud. Although I do think the NS-777's sounded just wonderful at this point I am looking for a recommendation for a pair of tower speakers that can handle loud stereo sound and would be willing to sacrifice the quality a little bit if it meant i could turn them up and not have to worry about blowing them out. Any Ideas? I would need to stay in the price range of the 777's which is about 250-350$ each. Again I'm looking for ability to go loud without worry, and style is a factor. Thanks for your help, Happy New Year!