Patrick.M
Auditioning
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2004
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- 9
Im looking to upgrade my speakers. $500 price range, as in, no more that $500 - people always suggest "it's only 99 dollars more, so you may as well..." and the like. I have a pair of Sony bookshelf speakers on stands I welded together (they are actually quite nice.) I also have a decent Sony 5.1 receiver... has everything I need. And a Polk 10" sub I'm quite happy with.
So, I am looking to either replace the bookshelves, or upgrade to floor standing. I also wanted to add at least a center speaker, and maybe some rears.
The only problem with adding two rears, is that my couch will be right up next to a wall (maybe half foot to a foot I can squeeze) and the room is about 14x12. I am a little concerned with the rears sounding correctly. Maybe you all could suggest a better speaker arrangement that would help out.
I've been reading through the forums here, and have come across quite a few interesting sets of speakers. 1) AR HC6 2) Fluance HTB 3)JBL NCi II 4) Onkyo SKS-HT510
- I've only read positive things about the fluance speakers, and they are cheap! Questioning their build quality though.
- The JBL's Ive noticed are a plastic enclosure, which makes me think cheap.
- AR's may be a little small
If these sound like wise choices, let me know. Or perhaps you could suggest a pieced together set. I question the acoustics of a pieced set versus a set of 5 speakers from 1 manufacturer that were meant to go together.
As you can see, I'm quite new to this. Be kind. and, ummm.. sorry for the long post.
-P
So, I am looking to either replace the bookshelves, or upgrade to floor standing. I also wanted to add at least a center speaker, and maybe some rears.
The only problem with adding two rears, is that my couch will be right up next to a wall (maybe half foot to a foot I can squeeze) and the room is about 14x12. I am a little concerned with the rears sounding correctly. Maybe you all could suggest a better speaker arrangement that would help out.
I've been reading through the forums here, and have come across quite a few interesting sets of speakers. 1) AR HC6 2) Fluance HTB 3)JBL NCi II 4) Onkyo SKS-HT510
- I've only read positive things about the fluance speakers, and they are cheap! Questioning their build quality though.
- The JBL's Ive noticed are a plastic enclosure, which makes me think cheap.
- AR's may be a little small
If these sound like wise choices, let me know. Or perhaps you could suggest a pieced together set. I question the acoustics of a pieced set versus a set of 5 speakers from 1 manufacturer that were meant to go together.
As you can see, I'm quite new to this. Be kind. and, ummm.. sorry for the long post.
-P